The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-31
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
INTERPRETING TO ILL CONCERNED
 INPATIENT OFFICE RESULTS.
Some of the Striking Features of the ite- mort Just Submitted by Patent corninis-


 port Just Submitted by Patent cosnin's-
 sioner Seymour of Connecticut.
 Washington. Aug. so,-just before leaving for his home at Nofwalk' fa- tent Commissioner John s, Seymour submitted to the secretary or me in- terior his report for the fiscal year ending June 90. 1894. The report which is an extremely interesting one 10 the public in general. shows the excellent management of the office by Mr. sey- mour since he took charge Of the omce' md which has resulted in the saving or some forty odd thousands Of dollars In one contract alone.
 The report shows that there were re- ceived in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S9i, &. .s52 applications for patents; 1,O5o applications for designs: los ap- plications for reissues: 2.l93 caveats; 1,720 applications for trade marks. and sss applications for labels. There were 21, ,4es patents granted. including reis' sues and designs; 1.s56 trademarks reg istered, and two prints registered. The number of patents which expired was 13,l67. The number of allowed applica-- tions which were by operation of Jaw forfeited for non-payment of the final k@ta were Sl, ,053, ,962. 3s; the receipts over ex- penditures were s129, ,56o.s0. and the to- tai receipts over expenditures to the credit of the patent office in the treas ury of the United States amounts to S4, ,409, ,3s6.74
 Of the current work Commissioner Seymour says: In the last week in June, 1894, eight divisions out of the thirty-four in the office had ell their work within one month of date. sixteen had the work within two months of date; seven of the remaining divisions were within three months, and the re- maining three divisions were within four months. At the close of the fiscal year there were 7,076 applications awaiting action on the part of the office.
 Commissioner Seymour makes anoth- CT strong plea in behalf of a classifica- tion division, which every patentee and lawyer knows to be a positive necessity for the proper workings of the office.
 In speaking of the publication of the Official Gazette, which was the cause of the recent senate investigation of Jo- sial Quincy, in which the vindication of both MT. Quincy and MT. Seymour was complete and by which transfer of the contract saved the people some $40, 900 this year, he says: The con- tract work for the publication of the Official Gazette, covering the photolitho- graphing of the drawings and the claims of patents, cost during the past year s44,s9S. The republication of the patents which expired during the last six months of the year cost s4,499.7O. But this was not the entire cost of the Gazette, for in addition there was paid to the public printer for printing letter press s17,S632a. for, printing indexes s2O. .0sS.7o, for printing titles, briefs and claims $26,192.56-a total of 's11S.642.24. The production of the Gazette by the photolithographic process, 50 far as those pages are concerned which in- clude both drawings and claims, arose in the beginning from the inpossibility of producing one part of a page-for example, the drawings-by the photo lithographic process and printing an- other part of the same page-the claims from type by another process. Later processes, however, of photo-engraving enable plates to be reproduced upon metal. so that they may be distributed throughout the text when set in type. It is now easy to do that which when the present method was inaugurated was impossible. The present edition of the Gazette, of 1000 copies a week, is nearly the utmost that, with good re- suits, can be produced by the photolithographic process. It is already necessary to enlarge the edition, and for this reason, as we'll as because the work will be more per- feet, it is recommended that the entire production of the Gazette be consolidat- ed, so as to be produced in one place; that all the text be printed from type, or sterotyped, under one contract, or. else that all the work be done in such manner by the public printer. This in- wolves no extra expense, but only the transfer of some portion of the appro- priation for the printing fund of the interior department from that fund to the contract work, or else the transfer of the appropriation for photolitho- graphing from this office to the fund that may be disbursed by the depart, ment in paying the public printer for the whole work.
 As regards the publication of ex- pired patents the appropriation of the current year is limited in such manner that this republication cannot be con- tinued. Correspondence with large number of manufacturers in various parts of the country led to an express sion of opinion on their part as to the advisability of this republication. A number of the manufac cturers thought it useless, for the reason that they kept all this data in their own offices, and a larger number thought 1t use- full, because the material was inacces- sible. except at considerable expense, and was often and ordinarily overlooked. It is obvious that the larger majority of inventors and smaller establish ,%e,r ,1lI It. f,~2