Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-04

rapidly. II started In the mornina "a s
.ne clerks worked with n will "a ."u
.ne building. The fire was conan.S S"ss
sns upper story Of the western and
nol.hefn wings. Many Of tho model.
uore burned, more DESTROYED h. ,hs
watsr and number broken hv ;,,,s Iao
..'npefs' This loss awakened tha
.porities to the benefits To be da., gu
from The use OF the new system ~ n wy
serving proper record Of the na.dn ~.
issued. 'no patents
n,' system was already ir pse ~ a
certain extent, but after the t,ra &.
came general, and now every natan,
issued has been photo-lithoeranbed 49,. ana
copies are kept on hand for distrihut;o-
MS mas grown into an immense hnai
ness, as nearly $4,000 patents are
granted every year. These nboto.
..l'"ographs are uniformly xii inches
IN SIZE and, besides the drawings a
iuil description Of the invention 10
gwen making small pamphlet. From
shese little books a good idea ~ ~
patent may be obtained, and thew arc -
wonderful assistance to people unable to
come 10 the city to examine the various
patents already granted upon devices
N winch they are interested.
How the application is made. how 1.
ID examined, passed upon and fnaIIv
granted or rejected as the case NAV no
ana tne reasons, require some details in
"ne telling. just at this time there ia a
great deal OF complaint from inventors
ana attorneys that the bureau is slow In
us work; but it is understood that coro-
missioner Mitchell has given some at
Mhtion to the matter, and proposes to
DO all in his power to rectify it.
Inc application for the issue of Letters
patent come in to the commissioners
py the score every day, by mail. bv ex.
press and through attorneys. First of
all the little bundle upon which 80 much
thought has been given, so much mid
night Oil consumed, passes into the
hands OF the financial clerk. whose dutv
1t Is to collect and account for tho an
trance fee of SIS, which must in all
cases accompany the application. Then
ne sends the drawing and specifications
to the application clerk, who makes a
record of the name of the applicant, his
residence, the title of the invention
name OF attorney day of receipt and the
name OF the examiner to whom il is 70.
ierred for action. Before the papers are
forwarded to the examiner the drawings
go to the draugh tsman's division for in
spection as to the mechanical execution
Tor drawing must be clear before it is
accepted. Ii upon examination it is dis
covered that the drawing is defective
the inventor is notified. On the other
hand, il found all right, it travels back
to the application room, where it is
given serial number and forwarded To
the examiner, in whose division it be-
longs.
There are 80 subjects of invention
divided INTO So classes. and assigned for
examination to the 30 examining divis-
ions Of the Office
After examination, if the device is
found patentable, the examiner forwards
the papers to the issue division with his
signature attached. After all minor
mistakes have been corrected the papers
then go to the drafting division. where
they are put on the file and returned to
the issue division, The patent is then
and the inventor notified of its
allowance and issue upon the receipt of
so. the final fee II the inventor
decides TO take the patent out al
once he so notifies the Office and the
specifications go down to the Govern
ment printing office. where they are put
in type and printed. The drawings 90
to the photographer. and after compile
ton the printed specifications and draw
ing are bound together. and may be had
for 10 cents "A copy. Next the patent is
made out and signed by the Secretary of
the Interior and Commissioner Mitchell
The voyage of an application to the
harbor of issuance is long and tedious
one, sometimes requiring years.
The model room is large hall or
series of corridors filled with neat glass
cases. in which are placed over 100, 600
models, including the most important
and the most unimportant kind. Like
tae library. it is also rendezvous for
inventors who come to town.
MANY man has been cured by
look into this hall said an employee.
He has reached the city with what he
considers great and original idea. and
drops in here only to discover that he
mas been forestalled by some earlier and
luckier inventor Then, after he has
looked around awhile he comes to the
that every thing worth
while has been invented and goes away
tely cured of the inventive fever.
The part played by woman as an in
1entor is not inconsiderable, and she is
responsible for many things that add
much to the comfort of life
From the year the office was estab-
Iished up to the present time $500 pat
ents have been granted to females. The
first woman patentee was Mary KEGS.
who obtained letters patent on ma
chime for weaving a mixture of silk and
thread She was followed in lSl5 by
Mary Brush with a corset of an i'm
proved kind. Miss Montgomery owns
Lhe patent to IA war ship, and woman
IN Iowa has made an Improvement IL
for the manufacture OF cigars.
The novelist. Blanche Willis Howard.
las patented bath shoe and music
.ack. and Miss Helen blanchard gets
l good income from the royalty she re
,eives on a sewing machine attachment.
Miss Phelps, a lady from England is
by lunchboX which has a
.inc-lined compartment for ice. \ mus
ache c1p is rather a peculiar invention
or woman, but patent for such has
been taken out by woman. and there