Classes 111 and 275, Planting and Scattering-Unloaders, respectively. She is a graduate of Syracuse University with the degree of A. B. and of George Washington, with the degree of LL. B. She is also a member of the District of Columbia Bar and of the U. S. Supreme Court. Mrs. Chisholm is going to Dayton, Ohio, to live where her husband will be associated with the Frigidaire Dept. of the General Motors Corp. Mr. J. A. Ryan has resigned from the Office after serving as Junior Examiner in Div. 33 for nearly two years, he having been appointed in January 1925. Mr. Ryan is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines from which institution he received the degree of E. M. and he is at present undergoing the customary process of studying for a law degree. In division 33 he examined applications in the class of Wooden Buildings, and under his capable supervision the subclass of Bank Protective. Devices has risen to place of unquestioned prominence in the Division. Mr. Ryan will be located in Washington with the firm of Watson, Coit, Morse and Grindle. MEETING OF THE PATENT OFFICE SOCIETY. The Fall meeting of the Patent Office Society was held on October 29, the principal business transacted being the presentation of tennis and golf trophies. Miss Edith Petrie who is a welcome sojourner in the Patent Office during the Summer months was awarded a permanent trophy in view of her victory in the Women's Tennis Singles Tournament. The trophy is a cup donated by Mr. William Petrie. Miss Petrie is also entitled to have her name-now for the fourth successive year— engraved on the Templeton Trophy which is on display at the Main entrance of the Office. Mr. Fowler, winner of the Men's Singles, was presented with the cup presented by Mr. Edward C. Beale and he is entitled to have his name inscribed with those of the famous, past and future, on the Templeton Singles Trophy. The Men's Doubles Tournament, now officially announced, was won by M'rs Howland Fowler and Howard Somervell who rose to fame by defeating M'rs Bruce Mackey and James M. Castle Jr. in a hard fought finals match as the score will show, 6-4, 6-0, 2-6, 6-3. The names of the victors will be placed on the Templeton Doubles Trophy. In matters of the pursuit of the elusive sphere, as we might speak of the game of golf, the names of G. P. Tarleton of Div. 42 and G. R. Ericson of Div. 45 stand out brilliantly. The former as winner of the October handicap tournament was awarded a silver cup, while the latter as runner up was presented with a mid-iron wherewith to do execution on the links next season. THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PATENT Word has come of the recent organization in Canada of "The Canadian Institute of Patent Solicitors". While this is a Canadian Organization, Mr. Alexander E. MacRae, Hon. Secretary Treasurer, states that it is desired that many of the United States Attorneys become members. It is set forth in the Constitution and ByLaws of the Institute that the membership is of the four classes, Honorary Members, Fellows, Associates and Foreign Members, and in further explanation of the last mentioned, Foreign Members are defined as "practising members of the profession not resident in Canada who shall satisfy the council of their good standing in the profession in their home country." A Foreign Member having occasion to designate himself as belonging to the Institute shall state the class to which he belongs in full or according to the following abbreviated form: F. M. C. I. P. S. The Office of the Secretary of the Institute is located at 128 Wellington St., Ottawa, Canada. Journal OF THE Patent Office Society Published monthly by the Patent Office Society. Office of Publication 3387 Stuyvesant Place, N. W., Washington, D. C. Subscription $2.50 a year Single copy 25 cents Max W. Tucker, Editor-in-Chief. A. H. Winkelstein, Case editor. E. R. Cole M. L. Whitney, Business Manager (Room 182, U. S. Patent Office.) 3319 Stuyvesant Place, 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. IX. JANUARY, 1927. COMMENTS. No. 5. The Work of the Solicitor of the Patent Office. It may interest many and surprise quite a few to learn of the large activity in litigation work indulged in by the Patent Office solicitor. Probably no corresponding official of any other Bureau has occasion to appear before the courts to anywhere near the same extent. During the thirty days immediately preceding Thanksgiving Day Mr. Hostetler argued twelve patent and trade-mark cases; one in the U. S. Court of Appeals (fourth circuit); three in the U. S. District Court of Maryland; and eight appeals from the Patent Office in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. In |