The Washington times., 1902-12-06

during the week beginning September 25.
1901. Then the Indians were not on oN-
hibition in wild West" style.
PATENT OFFICE.
Commissioner Allen reports that in
the past year there has been q very
gratifying reduction in the number of
complaints Of losses OF money in the
office. From September ]. $780, to June
80. 1901. the claims Of losses aggregated
$6S613, while during the corresponding
ten months of the past fiscal year the
aggregate Of losses claimed was Sg.35.
In each case those losses include claims
enormously made as well as claims for
moneys lost in the mail The claimed
/ losses Of moneys during the past fiscal
year can be charged entirely. it is Z -
lgvCd. to losses i'm the mails and claims
enormously made.
The work OF classification Of patents.
under the charge Of F. C. skinner. has
progressed most satisfactorily during the
past year 4 large number Of addi-
/ tiOnal classes have been reclassifed.
I The work would have progressed more
rapidly IT 10 had not been necessary TO
/ reduce the available force 20 aid the eX-
animation divisions.
Examiner C. C. stauHer is sul issuing
/ patents on golf appliances at a great
rate. His latest is a "tee-f0rming de-
vice" the first claim Of which Is as fol-
lows: a tee-forming appliance. com
prising a body having a mold portion
and a slender tubular shank OF handle
projecting from the closed end OF top
Of the mold portion. said shank being
formed TO be grasped between TWO fin
gers and having an enlargement at it's
upper end to prevent fl from slipping
. downward between the fingers. and an
' eiector located In said cavity and hav-
ing a stem extending through said shank
and movable lOngitudinally therein.
said stem having a thumb piece az its
outer end There is one more claim 10
this patent.
/ On March 81. 1874. the Patent Office re-
ceived from Richard McFarlan. Halifax.
I Nova Scotia. lengthy application papers
for a patent on a perpetual motion ma
/ chine McFarlan said. I'm part.
/ "Fellow-meu: Be ye Immediately
/ aroused 10 the Importance OF this great
/ Improvement. I. this day. make my per
/ petual motion principle free to the
world until the 1st day of January. 1877.
] II I had a sufficient sum Of money at
my command 10 pay expenses. and re-
tained health, strength. reason. and
. faculties. through the assistance OF Di-
vine Providence. I could soon get per
petual motion in operation"
! His device was supposed 20 be oper-
atcd by buckets Of quicksilver. but
whether IL ever did operate or not the
Office is not advised
The total number OF applications
awaiting action by the Office is 11,42O.
or this number 81 are in the room OF
c. A. Mason. examiner in charge Of
household furniture. etc.
/ Commissioner Allen recently gave a
decision in an ex parte case. holding
that two different constructions OF fas-
tening caIks to horseshocs constitute
independent inventions. although both
might be used on one shoe. The Com
missioner's decision In full is as fol-
lows: This is a petition from the action
OF a primary examiner requiring diyis-
ion between claims I and 4, and claims
2 and g.
The applicant discIoses a horseshoe
provided with a tOe-calk and heel-calks,
hut the petitioners do not claim 10 have
invented the combination Of such calk-
upon q shoe. They claim the specific
means for fastening those C9lks 10 the
shoe They show one means for fasten-
ing the toe-calk and set 10 forth in
claims and 9. and a different means
for fastening tho heel-caIkg and set
that forth in claims ] and a. Neither
means is dependent in any sense upon
the other. They may both De used upon
one horseshoe. but they are indopen-
dent IN structure and operation. and the
presence or absence OF one does not
effect the other in any way. u must
be held that the fastening means con
stitute two independent inventions. The
petition Is denied"
Charles r. Fits, examiner Of inter
iferences. has 500 TO 900 cases yearly be-