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Journal

OF THE

Patent Office Society

Published monthly by the Patent Office Society Office of Publication 3928 New Hampshire Ave., Washington, D. C Subscription $2.50 a year Single copy 25 cents

EDITORIAL BOARD

E. C. Reynolds, Chairman and Editor-in-chief.

A. H. Winkelstein, Case editor M. O. Price, Periodical abstracter. G. P. Tucker

E. R. Cole

W. B. Johnson

R. E. Adams

W. I. Wyman M. C. Rosa

M. L. Whitney, Business Manager (Room 182, U. S. Patent Office.) 3928 New Hampshire Ave., Washington, D. C.

N. E. Eccleston, Circulation.

Entered as second class matter, September 17, 1918, at the post office at Washington. D. C., under the act of March 3, 1879.

Publication of signed articles in this journal is not to be understood as an adoption by the Patent Office Society of the views expressed therein. The editors are glad to have pertinent articles submitted.

VOL. VIII.

November, 1925.

No. 3

COMMENT.

The meeting of the American Bar Association was held at Detroit on Sept. 2, 3, and 4. The report of this meeting as published in the Association Journal includes the following:

Patent Changes Recommended.

Mr. Frederick E. Church, of New York, Chairman of the Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, reported that the section had given careful consideration

to proposals for the amendment of the patent laws, with a view to reducing delays in the issuing of patents. It recommended amendments limiting the time for responses to action by the examiner to six months and eliminating certain appeals. It also recommended certain changes in procedure under Section 4915, Revised Statutes, and a slight amendment under Section 4918, designed to make it clear that in proceedings under that section, between owners of interfering patents, the Court may declare either or both of the patents invalid. It also recommended an addition to Section 52 of the Judicial Code applying to procedure under the above sections as amended.

In order to carry these proposals into effect, the section at its meeting just held voted approval of two bills to be submitted to Congress, printed on pages 24 and 25 of the program and previously distributed, without change other than certain slight amendments, to the matter proposed to be added to Section 4915. He moved that the Association approve and recommend the bills providing for the changes above suggested, which motion. was carried. In this connection, Mr. Church stated, in response to a suggestion by Mr. Hess, of New York, that the report of the Trademark Committee regarding the copyright bill as printed in the section's report had been withdrawn.

Canons of Professional Ethics Violated.

Chairman Howe, of the Committee on Professional Ethics and Grievances, presented its report. He asked leave to modify the report of the committee as printed, in regard to certain references to the Commercial Law League of America, which was granted. He stated that in the three years in which the committee had functioned in disciplinary matters under the present By-Laws, the fact had been brought more and more home to its members that some of the Canons of Professional Ethics, particularly Canon 27 in respect to the solicitation of busi

ness, were more honored in the breach than in the observance in many localities. The committee had had particular complaint with regard to the District of Columbia, which presented a situation requiring consideration at this time. He wished to move the adoption of a resolution "that a special committee of five, to be known as the Special Committee on the Use of the Word 'Attorney', be appointed by the President for the purpose of conferring with government officials in an effort to cause such action to be taken as will bring about the discontinuance of the right to the use of the term 'patent attorney' or 'patent lawyer' by those who are not members of the Bar, and for the further purpose of making such recommendations to the Association on the subject as it may deem advisable." A special committee of this sort had previously been in existence, but had been discharged upon what was supposed to be the completion of its labors a year ago. Owing to the transfer of the Patent Office from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Commerce, it was found that possibly the Commissioner of Patents did not possess the necessary authority to make regulations to bring about this change without further legislation. Hence the resolution for the re-creation of the Special Committee. On motion the resolution was adopted.

Entrance Examinations.

On Oct. 5th an entrance examination was held for the position of Junior Examiner. Admission to this examination was limited to those whose names are now on the supplemental register. There are between 25 and 30 on this list and it is expected that this examination will furnish enough eligibles to last for another year. There are now over 100 temporary Juniors on the office rolls and appointments to the permanent force are made from this group whenever vacancies occur. It is hoped to secure an appropriation for the next fiscal year sufficient to con

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