The Newtown bee., 1895-08-02
Our Washington Letter.
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SPECIAL ooRKEsPoSDEscE OF THE nEE.l
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i---- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BEE.l I .6oOTQ Ifrf igiTOtiDH
 Few people who obtain patents have
 any idea of the practical. routine of
 the offfee' which grants them their
 coveted dot1tnefft gaafanteefng protec-
 fionI fes Kisyearss inEthe epjoymene oaf 4ha aIoinyeatjon. u Thew presented patent
 office building, which cost something
 like three million dollars. was begun in 1886, and the last wing completed. in
 time fof' holding the ffhe6fh ina1guiral
 6alI Ods shelters the $500 clerks of the
 patent. 1nfiice q foDce. .g about ' 40o o land
 2fiae. slsIks, and the. personal force oof
 the the sseSsEstaEy sS of the interior, son some 2ogp in number,
 .srhe 9aestiSn 'Sof'' Sof making alkhi the thesaltnt patent
 office wholly Independent of the interior
 departHsent@ hss long been agitated.
 Bo dapin 4s'Korknit5iisIp practically SOL The sssGetarE,i it istFne, appoints all the
 l.9 elerks, i,but but enly npon the Eecommenda-
 ton of the, commissioners decisions, not
 Go the secretaty9, but directly to the
 aouftsYlbEEi 5lBow ti .Snii'ss boo2 yIsseeerdiDgto to thsfrstpa patent law, iths
 question a.l9lB of ygEs nti9g patents was. .dey
 eideq sbY the . secretaEie.ss .sg of a statse te. and
 war and the attorney general, and the
 aoe,frDeht l*faa WAS signed by the president.
 fAslsS6s ItheIe eAiee' was formed as 6 bureas ofRtatelaepsrtmept, and the law preVidt
 ed for commissioners one, examining 1 clerk, three other clerks a messenger,
 and .,a mnsehinst, nas1 4 few years later this bureau was transferred to the, interior
 depaftn1entt. "'D'H" "s'h ''il o' ''"'' -mAt thepsesenf time there are ftf the
 examining sonops ,Of the1 patent office
 ab1oltt, I2Q9 wpsoRls. sARoourb system re- qpirss the patent to be, a tolerably, cer-
 tain guaranty both as to practical utility ! stfd 1ss' t6 1iotefrS, ie 'ig necessary 'tfiat
 eser5opessiBFe field Of Invention Should ] harea dexpertsihT The zexamisiBS fpsee igs Slassedo ip9r34 7diyisiQns,s4each
 having it's regular line of inventions, ! and it's quota of experts and each divis-
 ion reffg entirely independent Of an
 othere. osndi arbisraray O granting of
 refasing iniits,ogn line.4slT1ool3 70 o5s5s
 ,shp e8shr sxawining diSisioAotherey ane
 from fl, four to six, assistant examiners, 1 and each assistant has his regular branch
 sr sut division of the work onee man man
 nSy1@aae aiiifelorg study of gssaen.
 giDess aaatheriof autobiography abhisd Of
 g pasTtieular lpsI Bgsneh. of .net8llugya ete.
 The chief of the division, is called the principal examfner and his salary is
 sse5oo4 The assfstarts rafk as first,
 seeondq third; and fourth assistants and
 their sslaFies1rapge froInss ls00 to lSl2a9
 Admissssiiienn. is gbFained ito the .foIses Rs fourth assistant examiner after passing
 special technical examination in charge 1 of fife civil service commission. Very
 few, excepting Igfatl uates' of colleges Or
 beohnioafschocas; pass the examinations,
 and. for Jhsi ilast2ten5 yearss nearly every
 one appSpdinhteda pSpdi h a has been @ n fresh Eh fro from aetiye
 studies. The Annapolis Naval academy
 has furnfshed more men for fhe exam
 iHihg corps than any otfier -sehooi. ai-
 though Yades0 Cornell 2ehe University of -Mshigsn, and ihai Woreesterg Roigtech-
 Riie, Institute are pot far Pehind,l Some I D American colleges, in all are repre-
 sehteed. Tenure of office is regarded as
 -streSS whatever tie pofftics '6t' 1tie ad- IIa isi tratien. 15sd ssa oaw -15O2o .a
 .5DE Exa,ninaiiDns 2as toaeffieedrulss anh
 ldlsee decisions !2fqs ths. qc2mmis sieneE and
 various courts upon questions regarding patents, are held 'evefy year or two, and
 each' pefs6h' entering the e&xmination Is Esfterwafdsi given aprfAtedP liet Of com
 patitegsI4in thegordepSofssmeri-ssThe Lpramotions foileWy tbis list almost .gpi-
 formlY. Removals for, political pur- pose poses are are practically unknown. On an 'hasefage abott 10 f6urth assistans exam
 dnefs afeiappointed eseh year soSfiR vs-
 aanoies. caused by Iesi snatinns pxdeaths.
 Ths a sAsaninipg Assnr ja ioree is the greet sshesl of training for patent attorneys or
 agents. After 8 few years of office FepSsak, And toxfse Sf law iHS ose' '6f -a sWasbirgtoms evening" law .schooisss the byNap g examiner iss. 'openato .efierss '5Gpr
 ready te te St start in in for himself. n,.d ssods The scientific libraTy,, to aid the, ex- amnfinerss in their. work, contains B5,ooC tvofunes,, And has had '0fi file 800 technical ,, lfnasazssiessDoIn sisnesSpastesomes odisfs lians ,swoyld ykeep nptoastes with ;thsil wals6k als6k D Nhils llo oihsEs xo1ld Jag 6Eom tyt to II months behind, This caused per 1petGat wonder amoLg inventors $ t , fWHs qs0the isppifeaticns woufdgo othrougl [ so quickly. while otiiefs ~eresanexsmin ed for many menths.-M Many an attorne, has had work taken oyt pf bis hands be ! fca1se rfvaT had happened to file an ap rfpiiestioA sfeiatihg ttp afi' Art Kept up ss c 3dAsei aAsi preeeus; ;fepehe Hrst tiHe fin I 1Eeapss ntheaiNork of the nntire D finewi kept within one n menth Il,s ef datss Jhe. pai h Lent office receives about 40, 900 applies | ftions each yeaf.s sand al acts favorably f upo ie 1AbotE Fy per Gcent of them. Sss s1'sA''se | are iseaed, -ra5a. os, shine Iti ihalidsSsaE Qthsrwisenupap1ypesdas.sn gre Given EsgHllia9ra li9aF anFHmberAsi A in 5hek oEasl i. The present series. which was beggn,i b Eiss6, nas just p5asseed 5ss.o6. copies ( its aPpaSehfs Are eEept1h seteK,3 ana wSn ib 5Esehta ao 1npo one sRhs oAesissishei1. xa lppif8EpoRriee.aas4s eeptseachs as5,Ras l. -sj lively M np sEedit is giKer sd; evods ssaf Aside A fr3m the scie9titic cs.s ss4Hanlbpin H b.4 p corps, there are some 300 members of th
 PaUfcs1T a6ar af6arts ts 6f thse a1St 1pSstsst ts offcs e asxAeaf dsssesa fs t6 Srscaase aSd xssEffSa, ,nnd!thDappldcasiohs,p pfinslsaaiE prspsFesth d-kBaieAtcwhsasgrsasedS $ prepare rnniesa JidiE5aw idE5awipRGs1 rsfpEd ls M MAasignmsnts ' Apa 8 d- tend to the mary outside duties agisip