New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-19
OF FICI
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the Second Session Of the Forty.
First Congress.
TPUBLIC-NO, 1851

PUBLIC-No l46.]
AN ACT to revise consolidate, and amend
the statutes relating to patents and copy
rights.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
| of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
| there shall be attached to the Department
| of the Interior, the Office heretofore estab-
| lished, known as the Patent Office, wherein
| all records, books, models, drawings, speci-
fcatiOns, and other papers and things per
tanning to patents shall be safely kept and
preserved
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
the officers and employees of said office
| shall continue to be: one Commissioner OF
Patents, one Assistant Commissioner, and
three examiners-in-chief, to be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and
| consent of the Senate; one chief clerk, one
| examiner in charge of interferences, twenty
two principal examiners, twenty-five first
assistant examiners, twenty-five second
assistant examiners, one librarian, one ma
chinist five clerks of class four, SIX clerks
of class three, fifty clerks of class two,
| forty-fiye clerks of class one, and one mes
senger and purchasing clerk, all Of whom
shall be appointed by the Secretary of the
| Interior upon nomination of the Commis-
siOner Of Patents.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
|
! point, upon like nomination, such additional
clerks OF classes two and one, and Of lower
grades, copyists of drawings, female copy
| lists, skilled laborers. laborers, and watch
| men, as may be from time to time appro-
| priated for by Congress.
| Sec. a. And be it further enacted. That
| the annual salaries of tue officers and EN-
ployees of the Patent Office shall be as
| follows:
| OF the Commissioner of Patents, four
! thousand five hundred dollars.
| OF the Assistant Commissioner, three
| thousand dollars.
| OF the examiners-in chief, three thousand
dollars each.
OF the chief clerk, two thousand five hun
| bred dollars.
OF the examiner in charge of interfer-
ences. two thousand five hundred dollars.
OF the principal examiners, two thousand
| five hundred dollars each.
OF the first assistant examiners, one
thousand eight hundred dollars each.
Of the second assistant examiners, one
thousand six hundred dollars each.
OF the librarian, one thousand eight hun
bred dollars.
Of the machinist, one thousand six hun
dred dollars.
Of the clerks of class four, one thousand
eight hundred dollars each
Of the clerks Of class three; one thousand
six hundred dollars each.
OF the clerks of class two, one thousand
four hundred dollars each.
Of the clerks Of class one, one thousand
two hundred dollars each.
Of the messenger and purchasing clerk,
one thousand dollars.
Of laboreIs and watchmen, seven hundred
and twenty dollars each.
Of the additional clerks, copyists of draw
ings, female copyists, and skilled laborer
such rates as may be fixed by the acts
making appropriations for them.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted, That
all officers and employees Of the Patent Of
flee shall, before entering upon their duties,
make oath or affirmation truly and faith
fully to execute the trusts committed to
them.
SEC. G. And be it further enacted, That
the Commissioner and chief clerk, before
entering upon their duties shall severally
give bond. with sureties, to the Treasurer of
the United States, the former in the sum of
ten thousand dollars, and the latter in the
sum of five thousand dollars. conditioned
for the faithful discharge eff their duties,
and that they will render to the proper otti
GERS of the treasury a true account of all
money received by virtue of their office.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That
it shall be the duty of the Commissioners,
under the direction of the Secretary of the
duties respecting the granting and issuing
of patents which herein are, or may here
after be, by law directed to be done; and he
shall have charge of all books, records
papers, models. machines, and other things
belonging to said office.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
the Commissioner may send and receive by
mail, free OF postage, letters, printed mat
ter, and packages relating to the business
of his office, including Patent Office reports. |
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted. That |
the Commissioner shall lay before Congress,
in the month of January, annually, q re- |
port, giving a detailed statement Of all |
moneys received for patents, for copies of |
records or drawings, or from any other |
source whatever; detailed statement of all |
expenditures for contingent and miscella- |
neous expenses; list of all patents which |
were granted during the preceding year, |
designating under proper heads the subjects |
OF such patents; an alphabetical list of the !
patentees, with their places of residence; |
list of all patents which have been extended |
during the year; and such other information |
of the condition OF the Patent Office as may
be useful to Congress or the public.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That |
the examinersin-chief shall be persons of
competent legal knowledge and scientific
ability, whose duty it shall be, on the writ |
ten petition of the appellant to revise and
determine upon the validity of the adverse
decisions OF examiners upon applications
for patents, and for reissues of patents, and
in interference cases; and when required by
the Commissioner, they shall hear and
report upon claims for extension, and per-
form such other like duties as he ma Hessign
them.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, That
in case of the death, resignation, absence or
sickness of the Commissioner, his duties |
shall devolve upon the Assistant Commits
siener until q successor shall be appointed, |
or such absence or sickness shall cease.
SEC IL. And be it further enacted, That
the Commissioner shall cause a seal to be
provided for said Office, with such device as
the President may approve, with which all
records Or papers issued from said office, to
be used in evidence, shall be authenticated. |
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That |
the Commissioner shall cause to be CLASH |
fed and arranged in suitable cases, in the |
rooms and galleries provided for that pur- |
pose, the models, specimens Of composition, |
fabrics, manufactures, works Of art, and |
designs, which have been or shall be de- !
posted in said office; and said rooms and |
galleries shall be kept open during suitable |
hours for public inspection.
Sec. IA. And be it further enacted, That |
the Commissioner may restore to the |
respective applicants such of the models |
belonging to rejected applications as he |!
shall not think necessary to be preserved, |
or he may sell or otherwise dispose of them |
after the application has been finally re-
lected for one year, paying the proceeds |
into the treasury, as other patent moneys |
are directed to be paid
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted.
That there shall be purchased for
the use of said office, library of such
scientific works and periodicals. both