The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
new patent
OFFICE URGED
Separate Bureau Plan Also
Is Advocated in Retiring
Commissioners Report.
BETTER SALARIES ASKED
Increases in Pay of Examiners Is
Favored-Net Surplus for Fiscal
Year, SI5S,O3O.s1.

The necessity for new Patent Office
Building and the desirability OF making
the Patent Office a separate bureau are
urged in the report of Edward B. Moore
the retiring Commissioner Of Patents, Tor
the fiscal year which ended June 30 The
report says also that il is desirable that
patent examiners.
In his last report as Commissioner o.
Patents Mr.. Moore says:
The examining corps has been welded
into a highly efficient and well-trained
body of men, whose work is credit to
the Patent Office In my opinion it is
highly desirable that a further increase
of a substantial nature be made in the
salaries of the examiners. and I have so
recommended in my previous reports.
My efforts to obtain larger and more
COmmodious quarters for the housing on
the Patent Office resulted in the intro
duction of several measures in Congress,
providing for the erection OF a new and
modern fireproof building for this bu-
reau. None of these bills was passed,
however. but an appropriation of 5000
was made in the public buildings bill at
the last session of Congress, to be eN-
pended for the preparation of plans. and
n commission was appointed, consisting
of the Secretary of the Interior, the Com
missioner of Patents and the Supervis-
ing Architect of the Treasury, for the
purpose of investigations as to sites
available. &c.
Danger from Fire.
I cannot too strongly urge the neces-
sity for a new Patent Office building,
in view of the fact that the priceless
records and archives of the Office, repre-
senting all that has been accomplished
in the field of invention for the last
century, are daily exposed to destruc-
tion by fire or the ravages of other de-
stroying agents. The Patent Office has
long since outgrown its present quar-
tiers. and in its present overcrowded and
insanitary condition is not calculated to
inspire or encourage in its employees the
best or most efficient work. The desks
are too close together in many of the
rooms. and the necessity for working
under artificial light and among dusty
files reduces the average of efficiency
among the employees and puts the or1ice
at a disadvantage in that respect.
u wish to reiterate the statement
made in my last report to the effect that
in my opinion it is highly desirable that
the Patent Office be made an independ-
ent bureau. This would be in the in
terest of efficiency and economy, and
was strongly urged by the Presidents
Commission on Economy and Efficiency
in the report made to Congress on De-
Cember 10, 1872.
Thanks for support.
In closing. I wish TO express my
thanks to the department for its sup
port during my tenure of Office, and to
further express my profound apprecia-
ton OF the hearty cooperation and loyal
service rendered by the employees of this
bureau. Whatever I may have been per-
mitted TO accomplish for the benefit of
the service during that period was made
possible by the excellent support Of my
associates and the harmonious efforts
of each and every one of those who
shared in my responsibilities"
1t is shown in the report that there
were received last year CfscaD 67.9S6 an-
pIications for mechanical patents, 1880
applications for design patents, 172 appli-
cations for reissues. 1858 applications
for trademarks, 926 applications for la
bells, and pa applications for prints,
total of 7S.411 applications.
There were 3S754 patents granted, in
cluding reissues and designs, and 5.166
trademarks, 664 labels, and 254 prints
were registered.
There expired during the year q, ,427
patents. Six thousand. nine hundred and
seventy allowed applications We're for
feited. by operation of law. for nom
payment of final fees The total re-
ceipts of the Office were S2,OS2, 49O2 % The |
expenditures reached S1,924459.42- The re-
sulting net surplus of S15S. O30s1 made a
grand total of net surplus of receipts
over all expenditures of $3.50, 1887.
The total number of applications of all
kinds. which includes disclaimers to
patents and appeals on the merits Of |