Mario Theriault is a professional patent agent who lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick. A graduate in industrial engineering from Université de Moncton, he has more than twenty years of experience in fields including electric power distribution, pulp and paper, metal working, machine design and quality systems. In 1995, he became a registered patent agent with his own firm, Mario D. Theriault & Company. His passion for the patent system and its value to humanity shows on every page of Great Maritime Inventions, 1833-1950. Visit his Website at http://www.patentway.com.