Brian C. Coad

Wally Mason's: Adventures in the Patent Trade Brian C. Coad

In principle, Patent Attorneys lead desk-bound, uneventful lives, but Wally Mason, P. A. to General Business, Inc., experiences a remarkable year of physical adventure. Wally's year begins when Corporate President Noonan sends him to London to help Patrick O'Neill turn the Chinese Script patents of Charlie Chung into a billion dollars of new business. An individual from the Anti-Terrorist Squad interrupts O'Neill's presentation, saying a bomb threat has been received. He clears the auditorium. He asks Wally to help with inquiries. Wally agrees. Presently, Wally is upbraided as an ingrate by a British Lord, is kidnapped by Chinese elements, and is admonished by them for the theft of their Chinese Script. Escaping to America, Wally discovers that he has played patsy in a scheme that might be the envy of any modern Corporate Executive, indicted or unindicted. Wally eases hurt by overwork on the new invention disclosures on his desk. He travels the Corporate Divisions to stimulate technological creativity. His duties include a wild horseback ride into a desert canyon to meet the genetic engineer, Dr. P. O'Shea. A severe recession occurs. Wally is downsized. Luckily FitzHozell, a neighbor of his, manages to rescue him.