Howsons' U. S. Patent Circular

Excerpt from Howsons' U. S. Patent Circular: Explaining the System of Practice at Howsons' U. S. And Foreign Patent Offices, 119 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, 605 Seventh St., Washington, D. C., Containing Brief Hints to Inventors, Based Upon Official Publications We publish this new business pamphlet at a time when our house has entered upon the twentieth year of its existence, so that inventors may receive our remarks as being indorsed by the experience of a long and active career in the profession. Not that we intend to inflict upon our readers a mass of "advice." Unfortunately for its own best interests, the inventive community has for many years been favored, through the circulars of patent attorneys, with an endless amount and variety of so-called "advice." Thus mystified and misled as to the principles upon which patent property is founded, inventors have been induced to spend unprofitably much money, time, and labor. What we have to say in the way of advice to them, may be thus briefly summed up: "Render yourselves as familiar as you can with the general principles governing patent property and with the practice of the Patent Office." Much has been done within the last few years by the various publications of the Patent Office to place within the reach of inventors a knowledge of the office practice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.