logical thinker, his resignation means a real loss to the Office.

Mr. J. W. Milburn, Examiner of Trade-Marks and Designs, resigned September 30th, and has opened an office in the Ouray Building for the practice of Patent, TradeMark and Copyright Law.

Mr. Milburn was appointed to the Corps April 9, 1906, and served successively in Divisions 19, 40, 33 and 42. From January 23, 1911, to October 16, 1917, he was First Assistant Examiner in the Interference Division. On the latter date he was made Examiner of Trade-Marks and Designs and has since been in charge of that Division. Mr. Milburn will make a specialty of interference practice and Trade-Mark oppositions.

Mr. John Boyle, Jr., First Assistant Examiner in the Interference Division, has left the Office to establish a business as patent attorney with an office in the Ouray Building, this city. Before coming to Washington, Mr. Boyle had graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston and had been instructor in metallurgy there for one year.

He was appointed Fourth Assistant Examiner March 21, 1903, and made First Assistant July 1, 1916; he was in the Classification Division over eight years and since January 2, 1918, has been in the Interference Division.

Mr. Wm. D. Shoemaker is another First Assistant who has resigned to establish his own business. He also has taken offices in the Ouray Building, this city, where he proposes particularly to act as expert for manufacturers in establishing for them patent departments including libraries suited to their needs. While retaining their soliciting work, his plan is to so organize the patent feature of any manufacturer's business that the latter will have a grasp on his particular patent problem; know what inventions in his field have been patented, and what improvements developed in his establishment should be patented. This seems a promising field for a patent attorney.

Mr. Shoemaker has been in the Office since July 3, 1906 and a First Assistant Examiner since January 16, 1917.

For the last eight years he served in the Classification Division.

Four Second Assistant Examiners have recently succumbed to the lure of higher salaries on the outside and departed for new fields.

Mr. George E. Middleton has gone to the Norton Co., Worcester, Mass., to be employed in its patent department. Mr. Middleton, almost since his inception in the Office in 1913, has been in Div. 15 where his special knowledge of ceramics has been of great assistance. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1912 as Ceramic Engineer and was a ceramic chemist prior to entering the examining corps.

Mr. F. S. Greene has accepted a position with the Hydraulic Pressed Steel Co., of Cleveland. Mr. Greene was appointed Fourth Assistant Examiner October 20, 1910 and attained the grade of Second Assistant Examiner October 16, 1917. He was continuously in Div. 4 and was thoroughly conversant with the basic arts in that division.

Mr. Chas. A. Lind, of Div. 10, has gone with the Columbia Graphophone Co., of New York, in their patent department. He has been a member of the Corps since September 5, 1912, attaining the grade of Second Assistant October 16, 1917. His continuous service in the same division made him exceptionally valuable and in this heavily loaded division he will be sorely missed.

Mr. Carl W. Weeks has gone to New York to enter the employ of Duell, Warfield and Duell, the well known firm of Patent Attorneys. Mr. Weeks was known as an "electrical man" in the Office and served in Divisions 34, 16 and 42, always handling electrical cases. He was appointed July 11, 1910, and made Second Assistant Examiner October 16, 1917. He will doubtless make a valuable addition to the firm's force.

Just to show that all the good things do not fall in one place, the following resignations among Third Assistants to accept positions with higher salaries or better chances for advancement are here noted.

Mr. H. P. King has resigned to become the manager of the New York office of Mason, Fenwick and Lawrence at

a reported salary that ought to make the mouth of any Primary Examiner water. Mr. King had considerable experience soliciting patents before coming to the Office, but desiring to get experience here, he obtained first a temporary appointment and afterwards, as he promptly passed the entrance examination, a permanent one. His temporary appointment was dated February 18, 1918 and his promotion to Third Assistant occurred September 1,

1919.

Mr. Guy T. Morris, another "electrical man' has resigned to go, as a number of other assistant examiners have gone, with the Western Electric Co., of New York, in their patent department. Mr. Morris joined the Corps Sept. 16, 1916, and was promoted to Third Assistant May 21, 1918; his experience was gained wholly in Div. 37.

Mr. H. B. Wilcox has left the Office to enter in business with his father at Bricelyn, Minn. He will also do some teaching according to a previous agreement. The opportunities there were considered so much better than the Office could offer, that resignation seemed to him the proper course. Appointed in June, 1917, his promotion. in July, 1918 indicates his quickness in learning a new business and promises well for his future.

The following temporary Fourth Assistant Examiners have also resigned, but in no case at the suggestion of the Office; their resignations are due to personal preference for a change in occupation, or to benefit themselves.

Miss Phyllis Richardson has resigned to return to her home.

Miss Louise Schwrar has gone to Vassar College to continue her studies.

Mr. Arthur A. Johnson has entered the employ of Emil Bönnelycke, International Patent Attorney, this city. Mr. Albert L. Cooper has resigned to go with Mr. J. E. Bates, Public Accountant, this city.

Mr. Clyde A. Norton has gone to Boston to continue his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The return of three Second Assistant Examiners to their former positions in the Corps after long service in the Army or Navy, is noted here with pleasure.

Mr. J. Ralph Fehr has been absent three years in the Army, part of the time overseas.

Mr. H. R. Eccleston has been in the Navy over two years and has seen much war service on a destroyer.

Mr. C. H. Pierce comes back after more than two years army service.

The Office is fortunate to be able to again secure the services of these "veterans."

This Journal wishes here to publicly express its thanks to Mr. Charles W. Mortimer of the New York Patent Bureau, and formerly Assistant Examiner in the Office, for preparing the excellent index of Vol. 1 of the Journal which has been printed and copies distributed. Outside help, like this, is greatly appreciated by the Editorial Board.

Announcement has been made of the death on August 30, 1910 of Mr. Lawrence E. Sexton, senior member of the firm of Sexton, Jeffery, Kimball and Eggleston, of New York. The business will be continued by Messrs. Jeffery, Kimball and Eggleston as copartners.

We regret to note here the death of Mr. Charles E. Lord, general patent attorney and manager of the patent department of the International Harvester Co., which occurred through an automobile accident at the Deering works of that company on September 25th.

Mr. Lord had been in charge of all International Harvester Co. patent and trade-mark business since June 1st, 1912. Behind that appointment was a wide and varied background of education, experience and successful service.

He was born in 1875, graduated from the M. I. T., Boston, in 1898, entering the Patent Officé Nov. 23, 1899, and served as Fourth Assistant Examiner, in Div. 32, until Feb. 28, 1902. From here he went to the General Electric Co., and thence in 1904, to the Bullock Electric Mfg. Co. where he remained eight years, part of that time being president of the company.

He studied law at Georgetown University Law School Washington, D. C.; he was a member of many law and engineering societies and during the war was a member of the War Committee of the Technical Societies of Chicago.

Mr. Harold McCormick says this of him in the Harvester World of October, 1919.-"He was unique in his qualifications, a rare combination of precisely the specialized technical training, experience and ability required for the headship of the patent department of an industry like ours. I doubt if there are many men in the country who are, as he was, at once mechanical engineer, sound lawyer and patent expert.

THE LESS SERIOUS SIDE OF THE PATENT COMMITTEE HEARINGS.

Mr. P. The tendency is to treat the Patent Office as one of a family of children and treat them all alike; that is, treat the scientific and legal duckling like the other chickens, in order to keep peace in the family. Rep. M. Do the ducklings and the chickens go together?

Dr. B. This return unfortunately he (the inventor) does not always get. Speaking for myself, I may say I am pretty comfortable; I can pay my debts and have been able to come to Washington and pay my expenses on this short trip.

The chairman. If you can pay your expenses here, you must be all right.

Mr. H. I should say that there are two kinds of men who are not good patent judges. There are some men who are so hopelessly unmechanical that they can not understand a patent case, and a judge of that sort should not try a patent case. Some of them admit that they can not understand them. Others, from their decisions, show that they do not understand them.

Rep. M. That is what you say when you are beaten. Mr. H. Yes; that makes a very good alibi.