UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
HOW TO SUCCEED
AS AN INVENTOR
SHOWING THE WONDERFULPOSSIBILITIES IN THE FIELDOF INVENTION; THE DANGERSTO BE AVOIDED; THEINVENTIONS NEEDED; HOWTO PERFECT AND DEVELOPNEW IDEAS TO THE MONEYMAKING STAGE ∴ ∴ ∴ ∴
BY
GOODWIN B. SMITH
Registered Attorney, United States Patent Office, and OfficiallyConnected with a Number of Industrial Enterprises Founded on UnitedStates 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 |