There was never a time in the history
of our country when the demand for in
ventions and improvements in the arts
and sciences generally was so great as
now. The conveniences of mankind in
the factory and workshop, the house
hold, on the farm, and in official life, re
quire continual accessions to the appur
tenaces and implements of each in order
to save labor, time and ex|>ense. The
political change in the administration of
government does not effect the progress
,of the American inventor, who being on
the alert, ami ready to perceive the ex
isting deficiencies, <iors no* permit the
affairs of government to deter him from
quickly conceiving the remedy to over
come existing discrepancies. Too great
care cannot be exercised in chousing a
competent and skillful attorney to pre
pan' and prosecute, an application for
patent. Valuable interests have been
lost and destroyed in innumerable in
stances by the employment of incon»p<-
tent counsel, and especially is this ad
vice applicable to those who adopt the
“No patent, no pay” system. Inventors
who entrust their business to this class
of attorneys do so at imminent risk, as
the breadth and strength of the patent
is never considered in view us a Quick
endeavor to get an allowance and obtain
the fee then due. The Pkkmm Cl«tmh
Company. John Wedderburn general
manager. GIB F. Street, N. W.. Washing
ton. L>. C., representing a large numlxT
of daily and weekly paf>erf>, as well as
general periodicals of the country, was
instituted to protect ita patrons from the
unsafe methods heretofore employed in
this line of business. The said company
is prepared to take, charge of ail patent
business entrusted to it for reasonable
fees, and prepares ami prosecutes appli
cations generally, including mechanical
I inventions, design pntents, trade marks,
[ labels, copyrights, interferences,infringe
ments. validity rr|s»rts. and gives es
pecial attention to rejected cases. It is
also prepared to enter into competition
with any firm in securing foreign patents.
