The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-18
PATENT OFFICE DEFICIENCY.
A Letter From Commissioned Dueu
Transmitted to the House.

| The Secretary of the Treasury has
transmitted to the Speaker of the House
of Representatives letter from the Com
| missioner of Patents submitting deficien-
| cies in appropriations for the Patent Of
/ fee. The letter of Commissioner Duell
| follows:
81 beg to advise you that the appropria-
| ton made by Congress for the current
| fiscal year for photolithographing or 9TH
erwise producing copies of drawings OF
the weekly issues of patents, for produc-
ing copies of designs, trade marks, ETC.,
and pending applications, and for the re-
production of exhausted copies of draw
ings and specifications. amounting to 1884,,
600, will be insufficient to meet the re-
quirements of this office. Taking as a
basis the amount expended for the work
actually performed during the first five
months of the current fiscal year, there
will be deficiency of s39,411.5S. 1t has
been impossible with the amount avail
able to make as many reproductions as
are called for, and only those patents
which are to be used In litigation. or are
otherwise imperatively needed have been
reprinted.
I'm order to comply with only the
most reasonable demands of the patrons
of the office in this respect, quite
large sum should be appropria-
ted, but in view of all the cir
cumstances 1 deem it best to ask but
for s5,5ss.44. making the total amount
asked for $45, 600. l have therefore pre-
pared and herewith forward a deficiency
estimate of $4,000, which. in my opin-
ion, will be required to meet the actual
needs of the office for the work herein
before specified
THE appropriation for producing the
Official Gazette including the weekly.
monthly, quarterly, and annual indexes
thereof, for the fiscal year Is 100000.
This appropriation will be insufficient to
meet the requirements of the office.
Taking as basis the amount already
expended for the work actually perform
ed during the first half of the fiscal year.
there will be a deficiency of S35.62S.12.
for which I have prepared and herewith
forward a deficiency estimate.
''ln addition to the above appropria-
ton required for the Official Gazette
and indexes for the fiscal year 1900-1901,
there is a further deficiency to be pro-
vided for In the appropriation for the
preceding fiscal year, 1S99-1900. The ap-
propriations for that year were s12S,000,
which sum has been expended save
s27S.30. There are liabilities outstand-
ing for the quarterly index, volume 81,
for the Digest, volume 81, and annual
iuutAs 1929, Will " 3D.
25S.56. for which l have prepared and
herewith forward deficiency estimate.
Il invite attention to the reports here
with forwarded, made by the chief of the
draftsman's division and the chief of the
issue and gazette division, showing in de-
tail the expenditures already made out of
the appropriations, and beg to request
that you will early call the attention of
Congress to the subject.
Il also desire to call your attention to
the fact that for the fiscal years 1900 and
1901 there has been deficiency OF about
800 in the appropriation made for the
share of the United States in the expense
of conducting the international bureau at
Berne, Switzerland and l have included |
such amount in my deficiency estimate |
herewith submitted.
Ia this connection I beg to state that |
the receipts of this Office for the last cal |
endar year amount to over $1,350,000, a |
considerable increase over the previous |
calendar year, and that the work of the |
office is growing and necessarily its ex- |
increase"