APPENDIX 2

CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Classification of Activities in this series have for their purpose to list and classify in all practicable detail the specific activities engaged in by the several services of the national government. Such statements are of value from a number of standpoints. They furnish, in the first place, the most effective showing that can be made in brief compass of the character of the work performed by the service to which they relate. Secondly, they lay the basis for a system of accounting and reporting that will permit the showing of total expenditures classified according to activities. Finally, taken collectively, they make possible the preparation of a general or consolidated statement of the activities of the government as a whole. Such a statement will reveal in detail, not only what the government is doing, but the services in which the work is being performed. For example, one class of activities that would probably appear in such a classification is that of "scientific research." A subhead under this class would be “chemical research." Under this head would appear the specific lines of investigation under way and the services in which they were being prosecuted. It is hardly necessary to point out the value of such information in planning for future work and in considering the problem of the better distribution and coördination of the work of the government. The Institute contemplates attempting such a general listing and classification of the activities of the government upon the completion of the present series.

CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES

1. General Administration

2. Examining Applications for, and Granting Patents for Inventions and Designs

3. Examining Applications for and Granting Certificates of Registration of Trade-Marks, Prints and Labels.

4. Recording Assignments of Patent and Registration Rights 5. Supplying Information Concerning Patents, Trade-Marks, Prints, and Labels.

6. Other

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APPENDIX 3

PUBLICATIONS

The publications of the Patent Office consist of annual reports of the Commissioner to Congress and to the Secretary of the Interior; copies of patents and trade-marks, a weekly Official Gazette, and indexes, decisions, etc., extracted or compiled therefrom; patent classifications; laws, rules, and regulations governing the granting of patents and trade-marks; general information pamphlets concerning patents, trade-marks, prints and labels; and others of special interest to inventors and their attorneys. Most of the publications are for sale by the Superintendent of Documents; others, notably printed copies of patents and trade-marks, are issued for sale or for free distribution by the Commissioner of Patents. Nearly all these publications are issued and distributed under authority of Sections 489, 490, and 491 of the Revised Statutes and the Act of January 12, 1895 (28 Stat. L., 619). Following is a brief description of each of these publications.

Annual Reports. The Annual Report to Congress contains a statement of receipts and expenditures and statistics of business operations for the calendar year with a discussion of the work of the Office. It has been issued each year since 1837.

The Annual Report to the Secretary of the Interior covers about the same ground as the report to Congress, but it relates to the fiscal, instead of the calendar year. The report has been published annually since 1879, except for the years 1881 to 1884 inclusive. It appears as a part of the annual reports of the Department of the Interior and is also issued separately.

Specifications and Drawings of Mechanical and Design Patents. All patents for inventions and designs issued by the Patent Office, including specifications and drawings, are published by the Patent Office and issued singly for each patent at the date of granting. The specifications are printed at the Government Printing Office but the drawings are photolithographed by private agencies through

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contract with the Patent Office. The information published consists of a description of the invention and the claim or claims made by the inventor, which are designated as specifications," and where illustration is possible, the drawings illustrating the apparatus of the invention. A limited number of copies of the individual patents is published for sale and official use. If additional copies are needed both the specifications and drawings are photolithographed for the Patent Office. From 1843 to 1870, inclusive, descriptions of patents were included in the annual reports to Congress, after which, in compliance with a resolution of January 11, 1871 (16 Stat. L., 590), they were discontinued and the publication of complete specifications and drawings of each patent was ordered. These have appeared individually since that time in weekly numbers from May 30, 1871, to June 25, 1872, and in monthly volumes from that time until July, 1912, when they were discontinued by statute, but the printing of separate patents continues. Copies of individual patents issued since 1836 have been printed, are in stock and the specifications and drawings may be obtained from the Patent Office.1

Printed Copies of Registered Trade-Marks. A limited number of the printed copies of registered trade-marks, consisting of a statement giving a description of the trade-mark and of the goods to which they apply, and a copy of the drawing of the mark, is issued and sold by the Patent Office.

Official Gazette. Next to the individual patents, the Official Gazette is the most important publication issued by the Patent Office. It is a most valuable work of reference to the patent examiners, to patent attorneys, and to the general public. It is published each Tuesday, simultaneously with the weekly issue of patents, and each number has about 200 pages. It has been published weekly since January, 1872, as a result of a joint resolution of January 11, 1871 (16 Stat. L., 590), which required the publication of complete specifications and drawings of each patent. The first mention of the Official Gazette in a legislative act appears in the deficiency appropriation act of May 18, 1872 (17 Stat. L., 122, 131).

1The charges made by the Patent Office for copies of specifications and drawings of patents as well as of trade-marks, are given on pp. 57, 58.

The Official Gazette contains one or more of the claims of each patent issue, including reissues and designs, with portions of the drawings selected to illustrate the inventions claimed; an illustration of each trade-mark published for opposition under the act of 1905; an illustration of each trade-mark registered under the act of 1920; lists of all trade-marks registered under the act of 1905, prints and labels registered, giving in each case a statement of the goods to which applied, the name and address of the registrant, the date of filing, the serial number of the application, and, when previously published, the date of the publication of the trade-mark in the Official Gazette; the decisions rendered in patent, trade-mark, etc., cases, by the Commissioner of Patents, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, the United States Supreme and other federal courts, and important state courts, and opinions of the Attorney-General concerning such cases; and indexes by names of individuals and by subject matter of patents and by names of registrants, and applicants and of classes of goods for trade-marks.

An index of the Official Gazette is published annually and sent to all subscribers without extra charge.

The Gazette is furnished to subscribers by the Superintendent of Documents for five dollars per annum. Single copies are sold for ten cents each. The monthly volumes, bound in duck, are sold for $2.50 each. A large free list of recipients of the Official Gazette is maintained by the Patent Office in compliance with an act of Congress of January 12, 1895 (28 Stat. L., 619) which provides for the exchange of the Official Gazette for other scientific publications, and the free distribution of one copy to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, and "one copy to eight such public libraries having over one thousand volumes, exclusive of Government publications, as shall be designated by each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress."

Annual Index to the Official Gazette. This index contains an alphabetical list of the names of patentees and inventions which have appeared in the patents granted by the Patent Office, and registrations of trade-marks with names of goods to which they apply, during each calendar year. It also contains an extract from the Commissioner's annual report to Congress. It is compiled at the Government Printing Office from the monthly indexes. A

copy is mailed free to each name on the mailing list of the Official Gazette. Copies are also for sale by the Superintendent of Documents at the price of two dollars per volume in buckram and one dollar per volume in paper cover.

Monthly Title Pages to Official Gazette. A digest and title page of each monthly volume of the Official Gazette is sold for ten cents per copy.

Weekly Index to Official Gazette. A small number of copies of the index to each number of the Gazette is separately published for special distribution, a few being on sale by the Superintendent of Documents at ten cents per copy.

Trade-Mark Sections. In accordance with the act of February 20, 1905 (33 Stat. L., 724), as amended by the act of March 2, 1907 (34 Stat. L., 125) trade-marks must be published in the Official Gazette at least once before they can be registered and, if no opposition is made and the other requirements are complied with, the request for registration is granted. In order to supply the need for the trade-mark information contained in the Official Gazette, the pages relating to trade-marks are stitched in separate pamphlets and sold by the Patent Office either by subscription at $2.50 per year or at five cents per single copy.

Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents. These decisions are compiled from the Official Gazette and published weekly and in、 annual editions for calendar years. The annual volumes have been issued since 1869. Beginning with 1876 the volumes include also some decisions of United States courts, decisions of the Secretary of the Interior, opinions of the Attorney-General, and important decisions of state courts in relation to patents, trade-marks, etc.

A digest and index to decisions for each volume is published. The annual decisions are sold by the Superintendent of Documents, at prices which vary from one dollar to two dollars per volume in buckram binding, and somewhat less if bound in paper

cover.

Weekly Edition of the Decisions. The decisions of the Commissioner, etc., as published in the Official Gazette are also printed as separate leaflets, chiefly for distribution among the examiners of the Patent Office. A limited number is sold by the Patent Office for five cents per copy, or $2.50 per year.