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

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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 ∴ ∴ ∴ ∴
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.
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
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.