A GOOD PATENT, PROPERLY HANDLED,
IS A STEPPING STONE
TO SUCCESS AND FORTUNE.
PRACTICAL
POINTERS for PATENTEES
CONTAINING VALUABLE INFORMATION
AND ADVICE ON THE SALE
OF PATENTS
AN ELUCIDATION OF THE BEST METHODS
EMPLOYED BY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
INVENTORS IN HANDLING THEIR INVENTIONS
By
F. A. CRESEE, M.E.
Revised and Corrected, with New Forms and Tables of Population
of the United States in Accordance with the 1910 Census
MUNN & CO., Inc.
Scientific American Office
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1912
Copyright, 1901, by the
POTOMAC PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright, 1902, by
MUNN & COMPANY
Copyright, 1906, by
MUNN & COMPANY
Copyright, 1912, by
MUNN & CO., Inc.
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PREFACE
The original conception and working out of aninvention is usually a labor of love on the part ofthe inventor: having perfected his invention inevery detail, he finds able and skilled counselwaiting to prepare and prosecute his applicationfor patent before the Patent Office Examiner.When the patent is allowed or issued, the patentee'sreal work begins—that of turning the patentinto money. This is the business end of the inventor'swork, which is generally to his interestfinancially to undertake himself, or to have underhis immediate supervision.
The object of this little work, based upon theexperience and observation of the author andother successful inventors, is to give the patenteesuch information and advice as will enable him toproceed more intelligently, on the most successfuland economical basis, to realize from his invention.
The American Government issues annually overthirty-five thousand patents, a large number ofwhich are offered for sale by their respectivepatentees, who in many cases have no definite...