The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-09-27

AAC VI upVIICuIiO0a UWulUlNR 0Cs
ton on the part Of the Office July was !, 900,
IN increase Of ID per cent over 1881 The
commissioner says the business Of the office
IL steadily and rapidly increasing in each or
the divisions OF the office. The success OF
the patent system, the Commissioner says, liz
une largely to It's libcrality to inventors and
the security and pro, cction 1t affords them.
II was not intended that revenue to the Gov
eminent should be obtained by charges made
Tor vcSting In the inventor the right and title
Tor limited time to the exclusive use OF hts
invention. But not only have the fees re-
celved on applications filed been sufficient
to pay all the expenses of the office, but
large surplus--nearly $3.50, O0-now stand
to the credit Of the office In the Treasury
Greater liDernlfty might, perhaps, be ex-
tended 70 the inventor by reducing the fee
70 be paid before patent can ISSUE and
With beneficial results Certainly more
equitable rate of fees could be adopted
than Is now provided by graduating the fec
to the character and nature Of the invention.
lhc fecs now required In some cases are ex-
cesstvc and IN others exceedingly small In
this way, rather than by nh indiscriminatc
urged by some, Justice would be secured
and the office still be self-supporting.
Commissioner Marble comments with
some severity upon the action Of Congress
In refusing the additional clerical force re-
quircd, and In reducing the number of
VsGNoihSu eHlplOyeA l1c SAYS. Il nave
learned with great satisfaction that inven
tors and manufacturers throughout tho
country will soon take steps to impress
upon those who have hitherto treated their
rights with some indifference the impor-
lance OF having n sufficient force iii his
bureau-ns well as other appliances and
commandments fairly and promptly
net upon the applications and determine
their rights to the inventions claimed by
them. IL il believed hy most Of them that
their votes are Of quite ~ much Importance
rs necessary as pensioners and settlers upon
the public lands, to whom not too great
lberalitv has been shown.
Attention Is called to the fact that large
number OF Examiners and Assistant Exam
liners have resigned during the last year.
The Commissioner assigns us the principal
reason for these designations the insuffici-
ency of the salaries allowed, and says the
office feels the loss OF such experienced men
The same reason. substantially. which re-
qnircs an increase in the force Of the Offices
In order that the work may he promptly
and efficiently done, exist for urging proper
salaries for securing the most efficient men
for doing this class of work" The report
recommends that Congress confer upon the
Commissioners authority to institute pro-
ccedings TO determine the question of the
public use or sale Of an invention. The mt
tention or Congress IL again called to the
necessity for amending the statutes relating
to the issue of foreign patents, either by
n anting the patent for definite term,
where the invention has first been patented
in foreign country or countries without
any conditions subsequent or by granting
II Tor the full term OF seventeen years from
the date Of tho earliest foreign patent