THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS
| [CHAPTER I.] | |
| DEMAND FOR INVENTIONS OF MERIT. | |
Monopoly in Patents—Industrial Progress Based upon the Patent System | [9-12] |
| [CHAPTER II.] | |
| INCOME FROM INVENTIONS. | |
Independence through Successful Invention—Unprofitable Patents—Money in Patents—Business Capacity of the Inventor—Inventions as a Poor Man's Opportunity to Advance | [13-19] |
| [CHAPTER III.] | |
| SECURING CAPITAL. | |
Danger in an Undivided Interest—A Better Plan—Form of Agreement—Perfecting Inventions—Exhibit of Inventions—To Avoid Being "Squeezed"—Value of Record of Invention—Newspaper Notoriety | [20-29] |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | |
| HOW TO ARRIVE AT THE VALUE OF A PATENT. | |
Pecuniary Value—Commercial Value—Basis for Estimation—General Rules for Valuation—How Rating for Royalty Is Figured—Stock in Stock Companies—Prices for Territorial Rights—Valuation Tables | [30-40] |
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| [CHAPTER V.] | |
| HOW TO CONDUCT THE SALE OF PATENTS. | |
Patent-selling Agencies—The Best Selling Agent—In Case the Patentee Cannot Undertake the Selling—Methods of Selling Patents—About Advertising—How to Write an Advertisement—Correspondence as a Means of Bringing Patents before Interested Parties—How to Correspond with Manufacturers—Circulars—Illustrations—About Getting up Circulars—Copies of Patents, How to Secure—Uses of Printed Copies—First Impressions All—important—Value of Models—Working Drawings | [41-54] |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | |
| HOW TO CONDUCT THE SALE OF PATENTS.—Continued | |
Value of Personal Influence—Personal Solicitation Advisable—Selling Outright—Assigning an Undivided Interest—Dividing a Patent into Different Classes of Rights—Granting Licenses—Placing upon Royalty—Manufacturing and Forming Companies—To Organize Stock Companies—Trading as a Last Resort | [55-72] |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | |
| CANADIAN PATENTS. | |
About Canadian Patents—Selling Canadian Patents— Population of Canadian Cities | [73-78] |
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| [CHAPTER VIII.] | |
| DECISIONS AND NOTES. | |
Assignments—Territorial Grants—Licenses—Patent Title—Rules of Practice—Assignments—Assignees— Grantees—Mortgages—Licensees—Must be Recorded— Conditional Assignments—State Laws on Selling Patents | [79-91] |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | |
| THE TRANSFER OF PATENT RIGHTS. | |
Assignee, Grantee, and Licensee Defined—The Language of Law—Assignment of Entire Interest in Letters Patent—Assignment of an Undivided Interest—Grant of a Territorial Interest—License; Shop Right—License; Non-exclusive, with Royalty—License; Exclusive, with Royalty | [92-105] |
| [CHAPTER X.] | |
| TABLES AND STATISTICS. | |
Map of the United States—Official Census of the United States by Counties for 1910—Population of Cities of the United States—Number, Acreage and Value of Farms, by States—Table of Occupations | [106-141] |
Index | [142-146] |