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Mr. G. A. Lovett, Primary Examiner in charge of Division 31, has resigned to go with the General Motors Corporation at Detroit at a most attractive salary. Here is another instance of a man leaving the Office who would have been content and even glad to remain had the salary of Primary Examiner been reasonally sufficient.

Mr. Lovett was appointed to the Examining Corps April 1, 1905 and promoted through the grades, being made Primary Examiner June 16, 1918 and given charge of Div. 31. For nine and a half years he was in the Classification Division, serving during a portion of that time very acceptably as arbiter between examiners on disputed classification of applications.

Mr. Otis G. Messenger, First Assistant Examiner in Division 15, resigned Nov. 30th to enter the newly organized patent branch of the research department of the Standard Oil Co. at New York and vicinity. Mr. Messenger is an expert chemist and also has the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Appointed to the Office Jan. 23, 1906, he reached the grade of First Assistant Examiner July 1, 1916; it will be difficult to find a man to handle so well the work on apparatus and processes for vulcanizing rubber as did he.

Mr. H. M. Weidner, First Assistant in Div. 18, has accepted a very lucrative position with Emery, Booth, Janney and Varney, patent attorneys, at Boston. He was appointed Fourth Assistant Examiner October 25, 1909 and reached the grade of First Assistant October 16, 1917. Always in Div. 18, he had naturally become an expert in the steam engineering art.

Mr. F. J. Bechert, recently made Second Assistant Examiner, has gone with Mitchell & Allen, of New York, patent attorneys. Since his appointment Nov. 15, 1915, he had been in Div. 9. A promotion to Second Assistant Examiner was obviously of comparative unimportance in view of the offer he received from the above-mentioned firm.

Mr. R. L. Scheffler, Second Assistant in Div. 6, and a chemist by training, has associated himself with Mr. C. D. Ehret, of Philadelphia. He too, has only recently been made Second Assistant, and has relinquished the job on the usual provocation. His appointment to the Office dates from Jan. 3, 1916.

Mr. George Braddock, Third Assistant Examiner, has associated himself with Mr. A. M. Wooster, of Bridgeport, under the influence of a flattering offer. Entering the Office as clerk, he saw the advantages of being a member of the examining corps and worked diligently in preparation for the entrance examination. He served as assistant to the Chief Clerk and as private secretary to Commissioner Ewing before appointment as assistant examiner, and acquired a good knowledge of the administration of the Office. Favorably known to clerks and examiners, he leaves the Office with the best wishes of all.

Mr. R. H. Fravel, Third Assistant, is another man to remove to Boston, where he has accepted a good position with Wright, Brown, Quinby and May. He entered the Corps July 1, 1910 and served in Div. 38 for seven and one-half years and for short terms in Divs. 12 and 45.

Mr. W. J. Kanof, Third Assistant, has resigned to inaugurate a manufacturing business for himself in Brooklyn, N. Y. Appointed to the Offices May 21, 1917, he was promoted to his present grade July 16, 1918, thus showing an aptitude for the work and quickness in learning the practice. He served in Divs. 7 and 25.

Mr. Philip Siggers, another man newly promoted to Third Assistant Examiner, has resigned to enter the business of his father, Mr. E. G. Siggers, patent attornty of this City. He entered the Corps as a temporary appointee October 1, 1917, later passing the entrance examination and obtaining permanent appointment. He was promoted Oct. 4, 1919 and served continuously in Div. 38.

Mr. Ira J. Adams announces his withdrawal from the firm of Richey & Adams, Elyria, Ohio, and the establishment of his own business in Cleveland.

Mr. Howard W. Hodgkins, formerly in Div. 41, announces his association with Roberts, Roberts & Cushman, Boston, Mass.

Kay & Totten of Pittsburgh, announce the association with them of Major Robson D. Brown, formerly of the Patent Office and the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.

Mr. Donald L. Maxson, son of former Primary Examiner Maxson, has opened an office for patent practice in this city.

We regret to record the death on November 15th of Mr. Ernest Szemelenyi of the Scientific Library force. Entering the Office March 22, 1881, as a clerk, he was immediately assigned to the Library for translation work. He was familiar with many languages and also possessed large technical knowledge, a combination that made him preeminently useful in the translation of foreign patents. He was acquainted with the assemblage of the arts in the various Divisions and in the classes of invention and consequently was continually consulted by attorneys; perhaps no man in the Office was better known than Mr. Szemelenyi.

In addition to the above qualifications, he was an accomplished musician; he played several instruments himself and was experienced as an orchestra director.

Always friendly and helpful, he will be greatly missed by examiners and attorneys alike.

ANNUAL PATENT RENEWAL FEES.

In the July, 1919, number of The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry there appeared an open letter from Dr. Bernhard C. Hesse, member of the Committee on Patent and Related Legislation of the American Chemical Society, advocating annual renewal fees and inviting discussion of the question at the September meeting of the American Chemical Society.

In answer to this letter a number of papers were presented before several divisions of the American Chemical Society, at the Philadelphia meeting, September 2 to 6, 1919. These papers are printed in the October number of the same Journal and are from prominent individuals engaged in diversified occupations, and, therefore, may be perhaps considered fairly representative of the opinions of persons interested in chemical and related patents.

The authors of the papers were, respectively, Edwin J. Prindle, Chairman, American Chemical Society Committee on Patent and Related Legislation; Elihu Thomson, General Electric Company, West Lynn, Mass.; L. B. Redman, President, Redmanol Chemical Products Company, Chicago, Ill.; R .L. Stinchfield, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y.; Edwin A. Hill, U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C.; W. R. Whitney, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.; A. D. Little, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.; J. M. Francis, Park Davis & Co., Detroit, Michigan; and T. Hart Anderson, Patent Lawyer, New York City. Short comments were also made on the subject by T. B. Wagner, Vice President, United States Food Products Corporation, New York City; John U. Lloyd, Lloyd Brothers, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Dr. L. H. Baekeland, Patent Office Committee, National Research. Council.

It is not proposed to review the paper by Dr. Hesse or the other papers here, but it is desired to record that almost the unanimous opinion was unfavorable to the annual renewal tax on patents.

It is worthy of note, perhaps, that at least three of the writers of these papers incidentally remarked that even if renewal fees were considered desirable, legislation effecting the establishment of such fees is of less importance at the present time than legislation already proposed to improve the situation as to equipment, force, and salaries in the Patent Office.

ATTORNEY FOR FOREIGN PATENTS.

A real opportunity is open for a man capable of handling ali our foreign patent work. He must be reliable, thorough, capable, sufficiently experienced in foreign practice to handle the work himself, and big enough for a real job. Give age, legal and technical experience in detail, knowledge of foreign languages and present connections.

Address

"FOREIGN" care of Journal of the Patent Office Society 3928 N. H. Ave., Washington, D. C.

PATENT OFFICE

EXPERIENCE

Established manufacturing concern in Detroit, Mich., desires to engage the service of an attorney with patent office experience to look after their patent work, as well as their legal matters; splendid opportunity for a reliable young man with initiative.

Address

DIA, care Journal of the Patent Office Society,
3928 N. H. Ave., Washington, D. C.

Washington Solicitor

NOW WITH OLD AND WELL ESTABLISHED local patent firm desires to associate himself with a reputable out of town attorney as Washington representative on a part or full time basis. Complete office facilities, including services of stenographer and expert draftsman, when necessary. Highly experienced. Details on request. Address G., Journal of the Patent Office Society, 3928 New Hampshire Ave.,

Washington, D. C.

PATENT ATTORNEY, ten years experience in general practice and corporation patent department, wishes position in patent department of a manufacturing plant. Machine Tools or Automatic Machinery Preferred. Address R. F. H. care Journal of the Patent Office Society 3928 N. H. Ave., Washington, D. C.

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