and valuable element intended to lend desirable aid to all who are professionally interested in Patents and the procuring of the same.

My discovery, more particularly, refers to a means whereby a minimizing is brought about of that friction which sometimes occurs between a certain element, without the Patent Office, and a body, erroneously considered antagonistic, holding forth within.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1. is a P. O. order for $2.50 and is a true section taken from the postmaster's "stub" and Figure. 2 is a properly filled out subscription blank giving iden tifying and locating diagrams.

Further reference to the drawings discloses in Fig. 1 a means whereby applicant hopes to receive, each month, the "Journal of the Patent Office Society" delivered as indicated on the said diagrams in Fig. 2 and prays that his surname, along with such prefixes as will distinguish the same from "Bill Jones," be emblazoned across the "tome of subscribers," there to remain for a twelve month or longer, providing, of course, that a corresponding drawing be furnished for similar filing upon due notice of such requirement.

Having described my discovery, what I wish to claim, is :

1. The pleasure of reading during the month something about which I am daily interested in.

2. The successful issue of a venture which will aid in bridging a gap that has long been a chasm of misunderstanding.

Yours for prosperity,

[L. S.]

PHIL J. NAWN,

Patent Expert, Bucyrus Company.

Milwaukee, Wis., 11-23, 1918.

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VOL. I.

JUNE, 1919.

No. 10.

EDITORIAL.

The Patent Office Society in furtherance of its desire to support in every way that comports with official propriety the measures to improve the Patent Office and patent system, proposed by the Patent Committee of the National Research Council, has undertaken, under the direction of a sub-committee of its Publicity Committee, a campaign to give wide publicity to the needs of the Patent Office and the legislation proposed.

Letters and pamphlets have been mailed to over fifty thousand persons in the United States directly interested in patents and the patent system. Included in this number are over eleven hundred heads of manufactur

ing concerns. These pamphlets comprise the speech of former Commissioner Ewing, delivered before the Atlantic City War Industries and Reconstruction Conference, Dec. 3, 1918; a pamphlet setting forth the needs of the Patent Office and explaining the measures proposed by the Patent Committee, and a pamphlet giving a short account of the history and organization of the Patent Office.

Letters accompanied the pamphlets, pointing out that if the average member of Congress were aware of existing conditions in the Patent Office, there is not the least doubt but that he would be glad to aid in the passage of the legislation needed for its relief.

In addition, a circular letter has been sent to nearly eleven thousand daily or weekly newspapers and trade journals throughout the country. This letter epitomizes the report of the Patent Committee, emphasizes the lack of adequate appropriations by Congress for the support and growth of the Office, and asks the support of the Press in the campaign of education.

That this campaign of the Society has involved considerable work, is obvious; it is desired to state that practically all members of the Society have assisted and cheerfully devoted their evening hours to the preparation of mailing lists and the other necessary clerical work.

Note is made at this time of these activities of the Patent Office Society that it may be shown how deeply and personally interested the members of the Society are in the well being of the Patent System. Further comment seems unnecessary.

"Section 440 specifies the salaries of these officers (Patent Office officials). Sec. 478 provided a seal. Sec. 486 creates a scientific library. Secs. 489 and 496 relate to printing and disbursements. While there are numerous other provisions for the conduct of the Office, they need not be quoted here.

"No writer on the subject of patents would do his full duty who did not raise his voice in solemn protest against the present inefficient provision made by Congress for the needs of the Office."-Macomber's Fixed Law of Patents: 2nd Ed., 1912, p. 716.