DO PATENTS PAY?

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10765, 13 May 1911, Page 1

DO PATENTS PAY?

It would almost be idle to quote the enormous profits derived from patents. The following are a few examples of profitable patents:— 'The Westinghousc air-brake made millions; Mr J. L. Easley's conical glass lemon-squeezer sold enormously, and his rovalties were extremely heavy; nn inventor obtained a patent for printer's ink. and he refused £50.000, and finally sold it for £60,000; a slight improvement in straw-cutters realised 40,000 dollars. Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine, derived £IOO,OOO per annum from it. The men who thought of putting metal plates on the soles of boots, and copper tips to children's shoes, each gained for himself a competency. The patentee of the stylographic pen rejoiced in an income of £40,000. Indeed the field is so vast, and the number of profitable patents so great, that it would, perhaps, be a far easier task to undertake a recapitulation of what kinds of patents do not pay. If you wish to obtain a patent, write to Henrv Hughes, 183 Hereford street, Christchurch. Oamaru Agent: Mr H. F. Gibson. Itchen street.