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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.
M. O. Price, Periodical abstracter.

H. Keneipp, Case editor.
G. P. Tucker

E. R. Cole

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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.

August, 1925.

No. 12.

COMMENT.

A gain of 853 cases was made during June. The oldest date for the Office on July 1 was under six months; there were 48 Divisions under five months; 36 under four months; 14 under three months; and 5 under two months.

The following table shows the number of cases awaiting action for three successive years:

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Division Changes.

Main Building

Division 1 has moved to Room 112.
Division 7 has moved to Room 106.

Annex.

Division 16 has moved to Room 242.
Division 22 has moved to Room 244.
Division 53 has moved to Room 241.

In addition to the extra rooms in the Annex allotted to the examining Divisions, the storerooms in the basement of the Main Building on the G Street side have been vacated by the Interior Department and a number of steel cases for soft copies will be placed therein and in the adjacent hallway. The more recent copies will be stored here and will thus be readily accessible from the copy sales room. When this work has been completed, all copies for the last twelve years or more will be on steel shelves.

Promotion Examination.

While the members of the Examining Corps are now given efficiency ratings, just as in all other Departments, they are also required to pass an examination before becoming eligible for promotion. Such an examination was held on June 27, 1925. The questions asked at this examination are given elsewhere in this issue.

Ethics.

In view of the large number of recent appointees in the examining corps, it seems advisable to call attention to the provisions of thes Statutes governing their conduct and certain ethical principles which seem to logically follow therefrom.

Section 480 of the Revised Statutes reads as follows:

'All officers and employees of the Patent Office shall be incapable during the period for which they hold their appointment, to acquire or take, directly or indirectly, except by inheritance or bequest, any right or interest in any patent issued by the Office."

It is the earnest desire of the Commissioner and of the Patent Office Society that the members of the corps scrupulously observe not only the letter but the spirit of this Statute.

WALTER F. ROGERS.

The notice in the local papers of the death of Mr. Walter F. Rogers on June 8, 1925 came as a shock to the older examiners in this Office. While he had been in bad health for several years and consequently not often seen in the Patent Office, it was hoped he might eventually recover and be among us again.

In addition to his ability as an attorney he possessed a geniality of temperament that made him a welcome visitor in any division. Probably only a comparatively few remember him as an assistant examiner and law clerk in this Office. He was appointed as a third assistant in July 1881, promoted through the grades to first assistant and to law clerk, attaining the latter grade on February 14, 1894; he resigned March 2, 1896 to practice law in this city.

Mr. Rogers was a member of the American Bar Association, a former president of the Patent Law Association and chairman of its legislative committee. He was formerly a lecturer on patent law at the National University Law School and had written a text book "Rogers on Patents," which gained a large circulation before local and other courts in various parts of the country.

He was a member of the Cosmos and Chevy Chase Clubs and had also been interested in works of charity. He was for several years president of the board of directors of the "Junior Republic" and a charity organization of Annapolis, Junction.

Mr. Rogers was born at Willow Grove, Delaware, but had lived the greater part of his life in this city.

C. L. WOLCOTT.

C. L. Wolcott is an Ohioan by birth, a Georgian by marriage, and a Marylander by adoption. His education was received in the public schools of Ohio, and in the National Normal University of Lebanon, Ohio, from which institution he graduated with the degrees of B.S., A.B., and A.M.

After several years spent in teaching at points in the south and west, he entered the Patent Office as fourth. assistant examiner, July 1, 1905. He received his promotion to the grades of third and second assistant by the then-obtaining "stand-in-line" system, and his promotion to first assistant and principal examiner by the examination system, attaining the last named grade July 1, 1920.

Mr. Wolcott's work in the Patent Office has been for the most part on fluid-handling classes, serving as an assistant examiner in Divisions 9 and 39. As principal examiner, he has been in charge of Div. 46, having at present the Classes, Sprinkling and Spraying, Fire Extinguishers, and Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers.

FRED M. HOPKINS

Fred M. Hopkins was born in Southern Michigan and graduated from the Engineering Department of the Uni

versity of Michigan in 1902 with the degree of B. S. (M.E.). In 1903 he was appointed as assistant examiner and served in succession in Divisions 9 and 28. In 1920 he was made principal examiner and placed in charge of Division 40. About a year later he was transferred to Division 43 of which he at present has charge. He studied law at the George Washington University receiving the degree of M.P.L. He is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

MEETING OF AMERICAN PATENT BAR.

June 16th, 1925.

TO MEMBERS OF THE PATENT SECTION
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION:

Gentlemen:

The Patent Section meets in Detroit on September 1st and the Michigan Patent Law Association extends to Section members a cordial invitation to visit with the Detroit Patent attorneys during that week. To those who play golf, we particularly urge that you bring your clubs and that you come the Saturday, or Sunday or Monday before and play golf with us then.

We will try to make it worth your while to come to Detroit. Plan for it.

Very sincerely,

MICHIGAN PATENT LAW ASSOCIATION.

By MILTON TIBBETTS,

Chairman, Entertainment Committee.

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