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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1975 American Inventors A Bicentennial Bicentennial Grant Matching Cornerstone Shows No Slack Available V Money No paean to the Bicentennial is complete without a drum roll for the Industrial Revolution and great American inventors. As early as Americans were the taking giant strides forward in industrial and commercial development. The first U.S. patent was issued in 1790 to Samuel Hopkins of Philadelphia, granting him exclusive rights to a potash making In process, used in 1961, patent No. 3,000,000 was granted to a scientist at General Electric for a magnetic reading device, useful for sorting of bank checks. Since the first U.S. Patent Law was. passed in 1790, nearly four million patents have been issued by the U.S. Patent Office. Through 200 years of history, human inventiveness shows no signs of slacking. Patent statistics indicate that approximately 1,500 patents are issued to inventors every week of the year, with over 125,000 applications filed by individuals in 1974. California leads the nation in the amount of patents granted to its inventors, with New York State a close second. The inventions range from the brilliant to the mad with inventiveness a prime factor in the emergence of our country as the most resourceful, energetic and prosperous nation in the world. Following Thomas A. Edison's discovery of electric light in 1880, the next decade was one of the most productive and inventive of times. The incandescent light, the automobile, the pneumatic tire, transparent film, electrical welding, the steam turbine, and the electric furnace, were all invented or introduced during that period. In 1849, one of our most famous political leaders was motivated towards invention. Abe Lincoln is the holder of Patent No. 6,469 for his Device for Buoying Over Shoals. The actual model accompanying the patent application was hand whittled by Mr. Lincoln and is on display at the National Museum in Washington. And, while everyone is familiar with Edison's invention of electric light, how many know that he held 1,092 additional patents during his lifetime? mid-1700'- s, soap-makin- g. Legend has it that over a century ago, Henry Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents in 1843, said, "The advancement of the arts from year to year, taxes our credulity and seems to pressage the arrival of that period when human improvement must end. The mere trickle of patents that prompted this statement from Mr. Ellsworth grew to a flood of patents in the 20th Century. Budding inventors take note: The U.S. Government grants patents on any new and useful process, machine or manufacture, or composition of matter or any new and useful improvement thereof. The terms of a patent are 17 years, except for design patents which are for 3 Vz , 7, or 14 years. Factors often cited in invention development are positive motivation, serious study and application, and sure, a touch of luck. Today, many inventors seek the assistance of professional invention companies to aid in developing their inventions for the mass market. Lawrence Peska Associates offers inventors the opportunity to gain insight into the invention development field with a free offer of their Inventors Guide entitled, How to d, non-appropriat- states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands. In announcing the grants, John W. Warner, Administrator of the ARBA, stressed "the need to include programs and projects fo- 50 cusing on the contributions of women, youth, ethnic, racial and Native American groups." "While many states are showing good progress in these areas," he said, from a national perspective some imbalances still exist. We are asking the State Commission to use these funds with special emphasis on correcting these imablances." The grants wer authorized by the American Revolution Bicentennial Policy Board at a recent meeting. As in the past, all money will be non-prof- it in-ki- non-appropria- te proof. Maintenance free. Fully guaranteed. Aerodynamic, lightweight design makes trailer towing a real pleasure. Comfortable in any climate. Scamp sleeps four. 950 lbs. fully equipped. 85 lbs. tongue weight. EASE OF ASSEMBLY in factory uaamoiad, ready to hiiclvup-and-gkit. N'a aaay, no wanting lha encHIngly now Fully llluatratad. aaiembly manual Avallabt For Information Call 531-738- 7 or practitioners, arts administrators, and for whomever has anything at all to do with the arts, Maurice has established high professional standards of accomplishment and thus has required that everyone else in the arts be measured by equally high criteria. This has been a wonderfully healthy boon to Utah, and we at the Museum are indeed grateful to Maurice Abravanel for it. It has helped, too, that he and Mrs. Abravanel are the broadly educated, compassionate, warmly humane individuals we have known them to be." Spotlights USEA Annual Conference This is the first matching grant program for fiscal year 1976. However, it is the third increment of $40,000 in money that has been provided each of the 93-17- Self-containe- Bus Drivers' Roadeo program. well-know- unitized fiberglass travel trailer. Designed especially for compacts and foreign cars. Water, dust, hail and corrosion School Employees Association Slates Conference & Workshops The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration (ARBA) has made available an additional $40,000 per state in matching grant money for support of Bicentennial projects and programs around the nation. Totalling $2.2 million, the money comes from net revenues from the sale of Bicentennial medals and the ARBAs commemorative licensing Develop, Safeguard and Market Your Invention to Industry." Write for a free copy to Lawrence Peska Associates, 500 Fifth Avenue, New awarded through State BicentenYork, N.Y. 10036. nial Commissions which will also monitor the grants. Projects to be supported may be conducted directly by the state Commissions or by state or local government agencies or organizations. Project sponsors must apply to the stte Commissions for the grant money, and projects must be officially endorsed or recognized by the Commissions to be eligible. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts Determination of eligibility is pri will pay tribute to Maestro Maurice marily within the discretion of state Abravanel as he concludes his term Commissions.' of office on the National Council of ARBA will allow contrithe Arts with an exhibition of butions to be used for up to one half photographs that illustrate the im- of the matching requirement to portant contribution Maestro promote the widest possible parAbravanel has made to the arts in ticipation in the Bicentennial. In Utah and the intermountain area. kind refers to contributed labor, The exhibition will consist of photo- administrative support and the like graphs taken by Martin Zwick, the and can be particularly important first clarinetist in the Utah Sym- to the groups singled out by Mr. n local pho- Warner who may not have a phony and a great tographer. Visitors to the exhibi- deal of financial resources tion will see Abravanel rehearsing Public Law established with the orchestra and working the period of official Bicentennial with the great artists who have commemoration between March appeared as soloists with the Utah 1975 and December 31, 1976, and Symphony during his years with all projects funded must bear a the orchestra. The total effect direct relation, but not confined, to should impress on the viewer the this period. high quality of musical life which Applications for grants under the the "Maestro" has brought into newly announced program must be Utah and the West. received by the ARBA by Decern Mr. E. F. Sanguinetti, Director ber 31, 1975. of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, To date, over 1,100 Bicentennial sees the opportunity to honor projects and programs have reMaestro Abravanel as a chance to ceived financial assistance through assert the necessity for excellence ARBAs fund and professional standards for all the arts in Utah. The point is simply this, that his contribution transcends music because for all The Abravanel Years: an exhibition of photographs Page Nine Him nd fyvfc&uJ Utah School Employees Association's annual fall convention is scheduled this year for October at the Union Junior High School, 615 East 8000 South in Sandy. The 3 500 nember organization sponsors workshops, seminars, special clinics, general sessions, and extensive exhibit area for its members who include transportation employees, maintenance, custodial, secretarial, food service personnel, teacher aides, and other industrial specialists employed by schools throughout the State. 9-1- 0 "We are anticipating one of the most complete conferences ever, USEA Executive Director G. Ray conferHolt said of the two-daence. "We have something for everyone to attend to upgrade his or her skill or special area o y expertise." It is attendance at these con school districts and school boards of the sincerity of our people to upgrade their crafts and skills. Of course, the public and the students are the benefactors," he continued. The convention begins on Thurs-- . day and Friday at 8:30 a.m. and while most convention activity will be held at the Union Junior High, a popular Bus Drivers Rodeo will be held at the Fashion Place Mall parking area, 6400 South State in Murray on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. U.S.E.A. President Harold J. Madsen, a locksmith for the Granite School District, will preside over the two-daconference. It has been our thrust to involve every school employee in the classified ranks in this convention. We are anticipating one of our best conventions ever," President Madsen said optimistically. The general public is invited to attend any section of the y ferences that have convinced both 9 it I .. !! j NEW DIRECTORY SURVEYS PR FIELD lic The glamor field of pubrelations is losing its name. These days its also known as corporate communications, public afcorporate relafairs, informapublic tions, external relations tion, and other impressive labels. PR expert Jack ODwyer discovered this when he compiled the most comprehensive survey to date of the public relations departments of Americas 1,293 largest industrial companies, as ranked by Fortune Magazine. Now the result of ODwyers six months of research has been published. Its called The 1975 O'Dwyers Directory of Corporate Communications and it costs $55. It can be ordered from the J. iC. ODwyer Company, 271 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10016. |