New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-05

which he i. Justly entitled or may esase grss' injury
"a N. community by granting unjust monopoly.
Ye, examiners are appointed with far less ceremony
than is required 20 obtain commission OF 'sae' u
West Point. and 10 tee; of ability required.
tn. nr..eut plan Of examination ia iutrinsicaly de-
seien, for the fulent of the law as regards 'nven'
lions made in the countries where the English language
ia no, spoken In section Z act of 1896 Il is enacted
that pe,tioner is entitled 10 patert if on exanina
ton It "shsn not appear TO the commissioner that the
".s,pe had been invented discovered by any other
"persou in this country prior to the alleged invention
cor discovery thereof by the applicant, that it has
beeu patented or described in any printed publication
I'm dis or any foreign country
Tie library Of the Patent Ofice should IN eonse-
auspce be vel furnished with French and German
patent reports and scientific and industrial books and
publications There should alec be officers, vel &C
auanted not only with these languages, but with the
technical terms of each, TO furnish the examiners with
references. As ii is, patent might be obtained Tor
German invention twenty years old either from the
examiners want of knowledge Of German, or because
the few German books the library do not mention it,
and the same day the application Of another for an
original invention be rejected, because the examiner,
with but q smattsrng of French, has found some
theoretical slusion to she subject These cases
are not mere hypothesis similar deficiency exists in
the wan. of proper Interpretation of the patent law
It not unfequensly happens that applications rejected
by the examiner on points Of law, when carried
before the Commissioner on appeal are accepted and
the decision of the examiner reversed There should
be in the Patent dice able lawyer to whom such
cases might be Handicapped to the Commissioner
being remedy that few applicants can use since few
are able to have TO il without the assistance
of costly adviser. These deficiencies may be a.
cbed to the organization of the Office for would be
unreasonable to expect from the same men the legal
depth of Judge the learning of savant, the scu-
men Of lawyer united with the accomplishments OF
the proiessed ngust.
We here subjsn list Of the Chief Examiners and
of the class or classes in charge of each
Mr. Sewing M.chine. ssous and textile
Mr. Steam Engines and Ns'issioa
Mr. Gale. Chemical Processes
M sheser..............Ra Railroads
NJ Foreman. .......... .Metslursy.
Mr. Little............... Celebrities.
Mr. Dodge. Harverers
Mr. Lawrence. Agricultural Implements
Nj fesIe................ Mi.ecilsneou.
M Herbert. Fire Arms. Civil Engineering
1t is worth remarkpg that there is one examiner for
respers and mowers that kind Of machine has
become of late important as to require this arrange
mept which will soon be necessary also for sewing
machines. Up to the present day, two hundred
patents have been granted for improvements In sewing
machines The two hundred models cover whole
shelves in the model room and it would take no less
than six months for accustomed to drawings and
machines to become entirely familiar with them all
There is great difference in the quantity Of work that
devolves upon each examiner; there are no doubt
differences as great in their abilities to expedite busi-
nessthe result of which that while In some classes
of inventions case is decided upon in less than q
week, in others the applicant may be compelled to
wait ten or eleven months for Q first e1amiaa-
ton. Connected with the PatentOfhce, are two
classes Of patent agents-those who are respectable
and those who are not. The respectable agents have
this notion in common, that the higher their charges
the higher their responsibility. Some Of them will not
touch case which would bring lees than $500, aud
the others wish most srdently for the day when they
can afford the same luxury. The disreputabe agents
hunt for applicants at the depots and other public
places they are of the family Of the New-York mock
auctioneers aud Tombs sh~ystArs. and Commissioner
Mason has very properly trssted them to handful,
which reads: "There are respectable agents, who
may be found OF their Offices Beware of the others