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قراءة كتاب How to Succeed as an Inventor Showing the Wonderful Possibilities in the Field of Invention; &c.
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How to Succeed as an Inventor Showing the Wonderful Possibilities in the Field of Invention; &c.
HOW TO SUCCEED
AS AN INVENTOR
SHOWING THE WONDERFUL POSSIBILITIES IN THE FIELD OF INVENTION; THE DANGERS TO BE AVOIDED; THE INVENTIONS NEEDED; HOW TO PERFECT AND DEVELOP NEW IDEAS TO THE MONEY MAKING STAGE ∴ ∴ ∴ ∴
BY
GOODWIN B. SMITH
Registered Attorney, United States Patent Office, and Officially Connected with a Number of Industrial Enterprises Founded on United States Patents
PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.
INVENTORS AND INVESTORS CORPORATION
1909
Copyright, 1909, by Goodwin B. Smith.
All Rights Reserved.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE. | ||
| Chapter I. | Looking Forward | 11 |
| Chapter II. | Looking Backward | 14 |
| Chapter III. | Patents the Greatest Source of Wealth | 21 |
| Chapter IV. | Successful Inventors | 22 |
| Chapter V. | Field of Invention | 27 |
| Chapter VI. | Growth of the Field of Invention | 32 |
| Chapter VII. | Necessary Steps | 38 |
| Chapter VIII. | Sounding the Market | 48 |
| Chapter IX. | Practical Development | 49 |
| Chapter X. | Lower Cost—Superior Merit | 50 |
| Chapter XI. | Application for Patents, Etc. Picture of U.S. Patent Office. |
51 |
| Chapter XII. | Marketing | 54 |
| Chapter XIII. | Discouragements and Dangers | 56 |
| Chapter XIV. | Selling Patents | 60 |
| Chapter XV. | Conclusion | 62 |
| Chapter XVI. | Statistics of the Countries of the World | 63 |
| Chapter XVII. | Mechanical Movements and Explanation Thereof | 65 |
Man's Value to Society
Failure is want of knowledge; success is knowing how.
Wealth is not in things of iron, wood and stone. WEALTH is the brain that organizes the metal.
Pig iron is worth $20 per ton; Made into horse shoes, $90; into knife blades, $200; into watch springs, $1000; that is, raw iron, $20, brain power, $980.—Newell Dwight Hillis.
"How to Succeed as an Inventor"
PREFACE
The author of this book, after a number of years' experience in Patent Causes, is constrained to enter a strong protest against the enormous waste and loss attendant on methods at present pursued in regard to patents. This loss and waste is largely due to a lack of business knowledge necessary to properly market and develop inventions. History shows that enormous profits can be earned from good, strong patents.
A careful perusal of the following pages will point out some of the dangers to be avoided and the safe and reasonable course to be pursued. Invention is a matter that requires the deepest study, and should be approached, not in a haphazard, hit-or-miss fashion, but rather in a receptive, studious, analytical manner. While the average individual is fond of giving advice, no one enjoys accepting it. There is no one, however, who so needs competent, unprejudiced advice as the inventor.
A genius is more or less prejudiced in certain directions, and it has been found that the prejudice oftentimes runs against the acceptance of well-intentioned criticism.
"Our judgment is like our watches,—none go just alike, but each believes his own."
It is to be hoped that this volume will be the means of saving, as well as earning, money for the hosts of deserving American geniuses.
The Author.
Philadelphia, March, 1909.
CHAPTER I.
LOOKING FORWARD