Show WHAT A PATENT COSTS In the course of Its progress through the office up to the Issue and mailing of a patent says E V Smalloy In the January Century an application passes through the hands of fiftytwo persons I An applicant pays Sio to have his claim I examined and in case lie is granted a palent anadditional fee of 520Is required 01 re-quired Attorneys charge from 25 up according to the work demanded by tho i cases and as the applications number about 40000 yearly It will be seen that I there Is a good deal of money to be divided among the patent lawyers whose signs cover the faces of the buildings In the vicinity of the Patent office A inventor is not required to employ an attorney but probably ninei < tynlne out of a hundred do In simple sim-ple cases where there is no interference interfer-ence with prior claims an Inventor can almost as well deal direct with the Government but In most cases the knowledge of the lawyer is valuable He cart study other Inventions In tho same line and knows how to make the claim of his client broad enough to cover all that Is new and valuable and i not so broad as to be rejected |