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REF ID :A363576 .-· 

Df 1'AE mm'ED STATES PlT!N! OFFICE 

Appl1cat1o.?1 o~ * 'W!LI.TAt~ ~.. ~!ED¥.!¥. 

Ser:lal ?.~cer 

551,172 

Filed 

25 Aug1Wt 19~ 

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'l'he Ronort~l1].e Oor:?".;i~mionl'r ot Patonts 

Waahingt.on ~5, D. c. 

Sirs 

Nor. CO:!IGS lfem7 ;a. Stautter, attorne;; tor William F. Friedmn, 

.lppl::aanii in the abovc-iclentitied applica.t:lon for patent vdiiob. 

beoa.£e a'ba!:l.doned 3 Pobrwn1~ 1949 tor failure to·p.rosocutc, and 

avera t."1.att 

(l) Y!hon the application wns filed, tho Applicant was, and he 

nov is an omplo700 ot the United States Gover.rment (Sis:nal 

Corps), az;d that r.. William D. ila.ll, ottice ~the Chief 

Signal Ottioer, was the attcr.ne7 ot :record. 

(2) Tho app:J,ioo.tion ns n.J.od 'Ul'Jdcr the provisions or the 

Act 0£ 3 .liarch 18831 as amondott. 

(3) A first hte:nt O!'tice action reJacti?IB tho cla1J.us was 

givei: 3 rebrua.17 l94S. 

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(4) On or aboat 25 Jui, 1945 your !>et1tiOJU>r1 thnn an officer 

:ln tho A:nq ot the Vnitod state~, stationed o.t the .Anli' 

Sccur11i1 .e.gone;r" a .t:1old imt:il'!.at.i.oll ot the S!pal Corps, 

propsroo L"\ AMJY.lne:it 1'C3~ive to the aaicl Patent Ott.ice 

aotion a."d tm-:a'!"C!ed the same to the attornq ot record 

tor !'ili.1'!~ !n the Unitod S"t3.tes Patent Off'lce. 

(S) At approximat&li the same t.imt tl1c amcniltl.ont n.s preparocl, 

:U; was decided that th~ application should be prosocutod 

u1~r1er t.he 11 tbre19-1"ear" prov1~o ot Section 4894 of the 

:Pevisod Statutes, aa amended (.35 USO :11), and that a rt• 

quest to this etteot as forwarded to the Patent Ottice 

by the then Acting SeCZ'e~ o:f W:ar on or about 29 A~~t 

1945. 

(l) On w about 28 .i\ucust 1947 ;your Petitioner became the 

attorno:r or reooricl in tho above .. identitied application, 

but that tho tile ot the applica.tion w.a not at once 

delivered to him tro:i tbe SigDal Corpe. 

(2) On or abou'b 5 December 1947 your Petitioner was advised 

that the extension granted in the application in accordanco with the "threo·J'8i11'" p.ractico would expire 3 Feb:rtlal? 

191.t. 

(3) With the knmrledge tbat an aaenib:.cnt had been prepared 1n 

1945 and believing that 'bhe same had beon aeaaombq .tiled, 

;our Petit"ioncr took no fmtther acts.on. 

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(1) In liq and .Tune, 1948, it wu decided to transfer from the 

Signal Corps to the J.rtlf3 Securitq Agency, now a separate 

ent1V, the SSgnal Corpe files ot certain applications .ror 

pe:tiont;; and that. this said application, aerial nmbar 

5-Sl,.1721 as one o.t those eo transf'er:t'Gd. 

(2) The physical trarisrer was accoapliShed on 25 June 1948. 

(3) Within a tew dqs tbereatter, while the Signal Corps tiles 

1'1!11."e be:Ulg aaeimUated with 4ftV Securit.T Agency files, the 

unftled amendment of 25 .lUJ¥ 1945 was d1soovered. 

Aid. 7our Petitioner is inf01'mcd and believes and, therefore., avers 

that 1t 1s Signal Corpe iractice to deposit "thre~cm;o" applica• 

14ons £or patent within a special vu.ult apart i"rcxa other cues and 

to prepare amendments there.tor a.tter being notified ~ the Patent 

Ottice that the extensions therein are abollt to expire: that a singletickler s1stem na lld.ntained f'or applicat10nsJ that no separate 

tickler qatem ia maintained .to:t> applications that are kept in the 

special vau.1.t; lin.d that some person, not :tmom, apparent].y placed 

tba &11811dment of 25 .T\tb' 1945 'Within the tile f'older 0£ application 

Mrial number 551,172 Just before the toldor as deposited in t,be 

ad.cl vault ir.r1tead ~ f'orwarding the same to the Patent orrice f'or 

tiling. The allegations o.t this per&c.oraph ~ll be verif'ied by 

mr. Jla:tw.17' 11. riarQov.ttz, successor to Ir. William D. Hall,. who le:f't 

the Signal Co;rpo on or a'bol.tt 20· J'UJle 1947 •. 

And 70~ Petitioner fUrtJier avers that be_, Petitioner, was unaware 

or the atorcsaid Signal Corps poli07 and.,. moreover, believed, as 

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above a'V'CIZ'ffd, tbat t.'ie amendmer~'b ot 25 J'ul,y 194S had al.rea.d1' 

been tiled and so did :no°' adri.ae i.ilo Sigaal Corps ot the receipt 

ot tile aformontioncd Patent O.tti.c.e notice ot the apiration ot 

the eruension ot time ill applica:tion aerial nuniber 55111'12. 

PeUtionGr aubdta that, 1Jl'Jder the circ'DIDDtances above set forth, 

tho delq in pt'OSecutb'..e ti1e abo'?e-identified eppliaa.t1on tor 

patent n.:J unavoidable and requeata that the said application be 

revivod, and 'that the previous]¥ untiled amendmen'f; ot 25 ~ 1945, 

heeto e.ttachod, which is believed to be completcl;r respond.ve to 

the P&t-ent Of;;:"'ice ac~on of ) Fe'braa.ry 1945, be entered. Tt-..e 

llJta:mmd..:sr. ot this amendmn.t have beon slightlv'" ~.ed trom their 

STA TE OF VIRCIN!.A ) 

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Coml~" r.st Arlington) 

On th.1:? J2th day of August, A. D. 1948, be.tore m, a Not,.,r,y Public in 

am for ~;a;;. Goun~;.r of J..rliligton and State 0£ Virginia• apiarod the 

above-r&&:ied petitioner, Hem-;r B. Stauti'er. perscmal~v kno1ID. to me 

who ·iJ:l IQ" pre;ae:a:;.ee ezocute4 the toregc~ petition and aolaumlcdgod 

that the aSJJc is true to the best ot h13 tnow-ledg,, and bel1et. 

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Comissio?l ezpires1 20 Bovember 1950 

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I, Harry JI. Saragovitz, being .first du~ sworn, depose and sqt 

(1) That I have been emplo,yed in the Le.gal Division, Oti'ice of 

the Chief Signal Officei; since prior to the f'ilir:lg date o~ 

application far pa.tent serial nU1:1ber 55l,l72J. 

(2) That I succeeded William D. Hall as attorney in ihe a.bove• 

identif'ied application £or pat-ent; and 

(3) That the tacts contained in Paragraph Two (2), lines 11 

through 2.3, Page 31 of the toregoi11g Petition !2 Revivg 

are true. 

Harry 

~J/r-~ M. Sarar;ovitz 

subscribed and sworn to be.fore me thi&~ day or AtJgUSt 1948. 

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