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 H. Keneipp, Case editor. E. R. Cole E. C. Reynolds, Chairman and Editor-in-chief. W. I. Wyman M. C. Rosa G. P. Tucker 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. VII. MAY, 1925. No. 9. COMMENT. The Office made a gain of about 1700 cases during March. There are now 5 divisions whose oldest date is under 3 months; 13 under 4 months; 33 under 5 months and none over 6 months. For the first time since the year 1916, the weekly issue of patents has attained a total of above 1,000. 1066 patents were granted for the issue of April 21, 1925. In only four previous instances has the issue reached above 1,000, and in none has it equaled the issue of April 21st. The total issue of grants and registrations of April 21st will reach above 1,500, which is far in excess of the total issue of any week in any previous year. In no other year was an issue of 1,000 patents attained more than twice. In view of the large number of allowances and the expediting of the work in the Office recently, it is thought that an issue of more than 1,000 patents will be quite a frequent occurrence from now on. PATENT OFFICE TRANSFERRED TO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. EXECUTIVE ORDER. I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, under the authority conferred upon me by act of February 14, 1903, entitled "An act to establish the Department of Commerce and Labor" (32 Stat., 826) and by virtue of all other powers thereto me enabling, do hereby transfer from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Commerce, to be administered under the supervision of the Secretary of Commerce, the United States Patent Office, together with all appropriations, the records and all public property of said service in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, as provided in the act of February 14, 1903, supra. The transfer above mentioned shall be effective from and including April 1, 1925. (Signed) CALVIN COOLIDGE. The White House, March 17, 1925. Section 12 of the act of February 14, 1903, creating the Department of Commerce and Labor reads: That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, by order in writing, to transfer at any time the whole or any part of any office, bureau, division or other branch of the public service engaged in statistical or scientific PAT. OFFICE TRANSFERRED TO DEPT. OF COMMERCE. 411 work, from the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of War, the Department of Justice, the Post Office Department, the Department of the Navy or the Department of the Interior, to the De partment of Commerce and Labor; and in every such case the duties and authority performed by and conferred by law upon such office, bureau, division or other branch of the public service, or the part thereof so transferred, shall be thereby transferred with such office, bureau, division or other branch of the public service, or the part thereof which is so transferred. And all power and authority conferred by law, both supervisory and appel late, upon the department from which such transfer is made, or the Secretary thereof, in relation to the said office, bureau, division or other branch of the public service, or the part thereof so transferred, shall immediately, when such transfer is so ordered by the President, be fully conferred upon and vested in the Department of Commerce and Labor, or the Secretary thereof, as the case may be, as to the whole or part of such office, bureau, division or other branch of the public service so transferred. It has been recognized ever since the establishment of the Dept. of Commerce that this office should logically be included therein and it is a source of great satisfaction to the friends of the Office to see the transfer finally accomplished. The effect of the activities of the Patent Office on commerce are too obvious to require comment, any Secretary of Commerce will necessarily be vitally interested in the welfare of the patent system. In justice to the present Secretary of the Interior and his immediate predecessor it should be stated that both have given the Commissioner their hearty cooperation in his efforts to improve the condition of the Office and the change is welcomed solely for the reasons given above and not on account of any present lack of support. The success of the cooperation of Mr. Work and Mr. Fall may be judged from the fact that a round million has been added to the office pay roll during their adminis |