INDEX

Under "Attorney” insert—

Appointment of second principal attorney

Under "Drawings" insert

Cancelled sheets of patented drawings

8

52

16

127

38

Return of drawings

After "Forfeited applications” insert—

Formal matters

Return of amendments

After "Residence, change in preamble" insert

Change page number "Of Foreign Patents" under Transfer from "23" to 25, 99.

Law Examiner K. F. Whitehead has kindly furnished the following:

Divisional Application.

A later application should in the specification state that it is a division of a prior application only when the entire subject- matter of the later application is found in the earlier application and there is also disclosed in the earlier application other subject-matter for which claims have been or can be presented.

Continuation.

A later application should be referred to as a continuation of an earlier application only when it is a duplicate of the earlier application and filed while the earlier application is pending, which earlier application is either abandoned after the filing of the later, or allowed to become abandoned by non-prosecution.

In Part a Continuation.

A later application should be designated as in part a continuation of an earlier application only when it discloses all of the subject-matter of the prior application

and something in addition, and is filed while the earlier application is pending, which earlier application should be formally abandoned, or allowed to become abandoned by non-prosecution.

Where an applicant discloses a part only of the subject matter of an earlier application and matter not found in the earlier application, it is neither a division nor in part a continuation, and no reference to the earlier application should be placed on the file wrapper. The Statement in the specification should be to the effect that certain clearly indicated parts of the subject matter of the later application will be found in the earlier application. In no case should the term continuation or in part a continuation be applied to a later application, where the earlier application contains subject matter on which claims are based which subject matter is other than that disclosed in the later application.

Substitute.

The term substitute should be applied to the later application only when it is a duplicate of the earlier application and filed after the earlier application became abandoned. In other words, the difference between a continuation and a substitution is that in the first case two applications were copending and in the second case they were not.

E. S. GLASCOCK.

OF GENERAL AND PERSONAL INTEREST.

Mrs. Margaret B. Mackey, an assistant examiner in Division 23, resigned April 15, 1925. Mrs. Mackay was appointed April 17, 1918, from the District of Columbia, and has been examining Class 58, Horology, and Class

161, Time Controlling Mechanism. She is a graduate of George Washington University with the degree of A. B.

Mr. Ralph B. Stewart, an assistant examiner of Division 16, resigned April 18, 1925. Mr. Stewart, who has been examining Class 250, subclasses 10 to 16, Radio, was appointed June 24, 1920, from South Carolina. He is leaving to go with Mr. Lee B. Kemon, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Stewart has a B. S. degree from Clemson College, S. C., and an E.E. degree from Cornell University. He is also a graduate in law from George Washington University, and is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the District and of the Court of Appeals.

Mr. Lee R. Grabill, an associate patent examiner, resigned April 30, 1925. Mr. Grabill, who was appointed August 14, 1917 from Nebraska, has been examining Classes 127, 159 and 149 in Division 6. He has taken a B. S. degree from the Washington and Lee University, and is a member of the bar of the Dsitrict of Columbia. He is leaving to go to Wilmington Del., to practice patent law in the legal department of the E. I. du Pont Co.

Mr. Harvey R. Hawgood, an assistant examiner in Division 22, resigned May 12, 1925. Mr. Hawgood, who was appointed January 16, 1922, from Ohio, was examining Classes 86, 102 and 244, Ammunition Making, Ammunition and Explosive Devices, Aeronautics. Mr. Hawgood is a graduate of the Science Department of Yale with a degree of Ph.B. He is also a graduate of the National University of Washington, D. C. and is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Courts.

Mr. Emerson B. Donnell, a junior patent examiner in Division 46, resigned April 30, 1925. Mr. Donnell was appointed Sept. 28, 1923 from Mass. He has been examining Class 122 in Div. 46, and is leaving to go with the firm of Gordon and Stewart of this City.

THE ANNUAL SPRING DANCE.

The Annual Spring Dance of the Society was held at the Meridian Mansions, 2400 16th Street Saturday evening, April 25, 1925. The officers of the Society, several members of the Executive Committee and a good representation of the membership were present. Refreshments were served and an enjoyable occasion is credited to the efforts of the new Social Committee.

MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE April 23, 1925.

No meeting having been held on April 10, 1925, the date fixed at the meeting of March 23, 1925, the Committee met upon call of the President, in the Law Library at 4:30 on April 23, 1925, there being present: Messrs. Stringham, Richard, Pidgeon, Babcock, Eisinger, Lightfoot, Philbrook, Price, Rosa, Whitney.

The setting of the date of the next regular meeting of the Society at April 28, 1925, was approved.

The resignation of Mr. N. J. Brumbaugh was accepted with regrets, and it was unanimously voted that the Secretary be instructed to draft an expression of regrets and present a copy to Mr. Brumbaugh.

Mr. R. E. Adams was nominated and unanimously elected to fill the position of Vice President of the Society for the unexpired term.

Mr. Philbrook presented for reading a communication to him from the Chief Clerk of the Department of Commerce concerning notice of intention to resign. The meeting thereupon adjourned at 4:50.

PATENT OFFICE SOCIETY.

Report on Activities.

The Journal is the outstanding work of the Society, and continues under the same staff which has published it during the past two years.

The executive committee has adopted the policy of holding monthly meetings, and as the chairmen of the various standing committees have been appointed from among the membership of the executive committee, there is now a regular contact between the executive committee and the standing committees.

Several of the standing committees have been actively pressing their work.

The education committee, Mr. Lightfoot, chairman, has a sub-committee on lectures, with Mr. Sidney F. Smith as chairman, and a sub-committee on films with Mr. Swanton as chairman. The sub-committee on lectures has provided one or two lectures, and is planning for a series on Patent Office practice. Dr. Kinnan has delivered the first of this series. The work of the subcommittee on films is so well and favorably known to the corps that it needs no comment.

The official relationships committee, Mr. E. C. Taylor, chairman, has held several meetings to consider the subject of promotions in the Office, and it has prepared a resolution along the lines already mentioned with respect to notice that should be given by examiners resigning from the Office.

The social committee, Mr. Eisinger, chairman, has planned a dance to be held April 25, 1925, at Meridian Mansions (2400 16th Street, N. W.). The arrangements for this dance have been made with a view to having it pay for itself. The executive committee and the social committee desire to make social activities in general substantially self-supporting.