Fontaine wrote: “To dream of procuring a patent for an invention of your own, shows that you will never realize anything from it: if money is to be made by…”
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Patent Right · Heading 553; source line 3622 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of procuring a patent for an invention of your own, shows that you will never realize anything from it: if money is to be made by it, some one else will get the benefit: if you dream of getting a patent for some other person, it is a sign of good luck in a speculation.
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