MONEY IN INVENTIONS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 306, 30 December 1909, Page 2

MONEY IN INVENTIONS.

The inventor of ping-pong didn't think of taking out a patent for the game which set the world agog. Had he done so his fortune would have been made in less than a twelvemonth. In this and many other ways scores of inventors fail to reap the benefit of1 their ingenuity, whilst others in a vain endeavour to save the patent agent's fees file faulty specifications and ultimately lose everything. To the man who has found some new way of applying an old principle or invented something novel, no name means so much as that of Henry Hughes (W. E. Hughes), International Patent Agent, who recently found it necessary to remove his organisation from Queen's Chambers, Wellington, to larger offices in Featherston Street. He combines and uses in the interests of those requiring to, patent any invention all the most important qualifications of draftsman, scientist a.".d lawyer. Equally important is the fact that he has working with him a staff of reliable assistants specially trained and of undoubted integrity. To obtain. Patent Rights there are certain formalities to be gone through, and not the least important being the drawing up and filing of the specifications which compromise the inventor's title deed. This work must be performed in a way that will leave nothing open to chance, and with a care and aittention to detail that will prevent litigation, mishap or piracy. Mr Henry Hughes takes all the responsibility in making the inventor's title good, ,and his large and competent staff is able to deal with such work most expeditiously. His booklet, "Advice to Inventors," is particularly interesting, and is, posted free on request. Our readers should certainly write and obtain a copy. ■ ■;•. ; .. . ■ ... '