The Washington times., 1902-02-11
PATENT LAWYERS
Dine AT RAUSCHER'S $
lhey Entertain Distinguished
Guests at Their Board.
Commissioner Allen in the i,Inre of
Honor-JudSe Shepard EuIo-
Eizes Inventors.

lie members of the Patent Law Asso-
clatlon, most influential; branch of the
| legal profession in the Capital, held their
annual dinner at Rauscher's last night.
| Alr- F. l. Allen, who, in the ten months
lie mas occupied the position OF Commits
sioner of Patents, has attained a high
! place in the esteem of the legal lights
| VINO protect the inventive genius of the
| country, was the principal guest. Scat
/ tered around the board. the horse-shoe
shape OF which seemed emblematic of
inc good fortune of teh lawyers present.
| were number of officials of the Patent
Office and Department of tE. Interior as
well as Judges Shepard and Norris. Of
the District Court of Appeals.
Genius of Invention.
Inc American inventive genius had a
/ place IN the remarks of nearly every cue
OIL the speakers Judge Shepard declared
it was not So much the spirit of American
asgressivrness which was responsible for
American supremacy in commerce as il
sine opportunity which the American
inventive genius had given to this aggres
| siyenesS.
America has invaded foreign markets
through the agency of the American in
vention, said Judge Shepard. We know
'iat the success OF the invasion Of a for
elgn market depends upon the cheapness
or superiority of the product with which
the invasion is made
Mr.. Henry e. Davis. who introduced
Alr. ". Cranch McIntire, president of the
Patent Bar Association introduced az -,
man who had never made a speech.
treated the American inventive genius
rather faceticusiy He declared that he
made his first acquaintance with the
American inventive genius when Mr. Nc
lntife returned from the civil war with
great tales Of his part in that conflict
May Admit TO Practice.
One great benefit which promises to
accrue indirectly from the dinner last
night will probably be the admission to
practice before the Supreme Court of the
. District of patent lawyers for argument
Of cases involving patents. regardless of
whether or not they are members of the
regular branch Of the District of Columbia
Bar. At present. patent lawyers must be
members Of the bar Of the District 10 be
heard even in patent cases.
Mr.. Henry L. Davis. apparently speak
ing for the bar association, intimated
that that organization would aid in having
the obstacle removed.
Commissioner Allen, who was the first
Of the speakers, discussed the admins
tration of the Patent Office. He spoke OF
the splendid cord of the past year, dur
ing which. owing to the excellent system
of appeal from examiner to chief ex-
anlner, thence to Commiss ioner, and
In ~ of aIg
effect. only fifty cases had been appealed
to the court of final resort. and with the
result that OF the number but three were
reversed ard two modified.
other Speakers.
Among other speakers were Simon
Wolf, e. b. Moore. Assistant Commits
sioner Of Patents: l.. II. CAMPBELL. As
sistant Secretary of the Interior Depart
ment; f. NJ. Dawson, Chief CIer,, of the
Patent Office, and ]. II. Brickensten.
Among those present were Judges
Shepard and Morris, of the District Court
Of Appeals; Thomas Stewart, Z. NJ. Daw-
son, Alexander Scott, b. Il. Church, j.
NJ. Colt. r. J. Fisher Henry E. Davis, NJ
|. Dayton, Joseph A. Edison Simon Wolf,
General Sloat, E. b. Stocking j. H. Whit
aker, DR.. Seamans, Henry Orth. ir.. H. J.
Prindle. Henry Calver. c. l.. Sturtevan.
w. II. Finckle, f. /. Ritter, J. G. Hen
derson. f. l.. Somes, Vernon Hodges. E.
W. Bradford T. G. Dietrich, Melville
Church, J. NJ. Watson, Howell Bartle J.
A. WiedeTsheim, of Philadelphia, W F.
Rogers. G. II. Norton S. T. Fisher. L. H.
Campbell, A. p. Greeley, l.. S. Bacon, E.
NJ. Chapman. II. T. Frazier, J. NJ. Newton,
Philip Mauro, W. II. Dolittle. J. II. Brick
enstein. E. b. Moore. Assistant Commits
sioner OF Patents, d. F. Leighton, Messrs
Skinner Bancroft. Norton Craggs, OF Chi
caGo, Hite. Spear. and Irlean.