A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE EXTENSION OF PATENTS
COVERING INVENTIONS WHOSE PRACTICE WAS PRE-
VENTED OR CURTAILED DURING CERTAIN EMERGENCY
PERIODS BY SERVICE OF THE PATENT OWNER IN THE
ARMED FORCES OR BY PRODUCTION CONTROLS

H. R. 3134 and H. R. 4700

BILLS TO PROVIDE FOR EXTENSION OF TERMS OF
PATENTS WHERE THE USE, EXPLOITATION, OR PROMO-
TION THEREOF WAS PREVENTED, IMPAIRED, OR DELAYED
BY CAUSES DUE TO WAR, NATIONAL EMERGENCY, OR
OTHER CAUSES

Federico, P. J., examiner-in-chief, United States Patent Office, and

Kenneth F. McClure, Assistant General Counsel, Department of

Commerce..

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Fisher, Hon. O. C., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Texas..

Hitzeman, Harry H., Chicago, Ill.

Hooper, James E., representing William A. Hooper & Sons Co., Balti-

more, Md__

Lyons, John J., Washington, D. C............

Reed, Hon. Chauncey W., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Illinois._

Scully, Frank P., president, Scully Signal Co., Melrose, Mass

Utt, Hon. James B., a Representative in Congress from the State of

California..

Whiting, Richard, chairman, rules and laws committee, American

Patent Law Association____

Additional information-

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Arnold, Edwin H., chairman, committee on patents, National Asso-

ciation of Manufacturers, statement. ---

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Beal, Frank Peer, president, Community Councils, City of New York,
Inc., letter, April 20, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler...
Bjorndal, M., Tech Labs, Inc., Palisades Park, N. J., telegram, April
19, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler..

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Bowie, Frank W., president, Martin P. Foy & Son, Inc., Binghamton,

N. Y., telegram, June 16, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.

Carpenter, Mrs. M. R., Carpenter Monolithic Ice Rink Floor,

Cleveland, Ohio, letter and appendage, February 21, 1955, to

Hon. Emanuel Celler..........

Chittick, C. Yardley, 41 Fremont St., Boston, Mass., telegram,

June 29, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler..

Chrisholm, Charles F., Boonton, N. J., letter, to Senator Robert C.

Hendrickson___.

Clark, Omer W., director of legislation, Disabled American Veterans,

Washington, D. C., letter, March 30, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.

Collins, C. C., 3745 North 28th Street, Tacoma, Wash., letter, June 2,

1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler..

Cooley, Austin G., Patent Equity Association, Inc., New York, N. Y.:

Telegram, April 18, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.

Telegram, May 20, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.

Telegram, June 15, 1955, to Hon. Francis E. Walter.

Corson, Phillip L., G. & W. H. Corson, Inc., telegram, June 15, 1955, to

Hon. Francis E. Walter.

Crews, Floyd H., vice president, New York Patent Law Association,

telegram, March 9, 1955, to Hon. Edwin E. Willis_

Curtis, Hon. Laurence, memorandum to committee_.

Dalton, Dr. Harold R., consulting chemist, Jenkintown, Pa., letter,

June 21, 1955, to Hon. Edwin E. Willis.

Dempsey, Hon. John J., a Representative in Congress from the State

of New Mexico, letter and appendage, April 19, 1955, to Hon.

Emanuel Celler...

Des Jardins, Clarence B., Des Jardins, Robinson & Keiser, Cincinnati,

Ohio, letter, April 13, 1955, to C. F. Brickfield .........

Easterbrook, W. G., Easterbrook & Oleson Lumber Co., Seattle,

Wash., letter, June 1, 1955, to Hon. Edwin E. Willis_.

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Funke, William, 52 Helen Avenue, Buffalo 19, N. Y.:
Telegram, April 17, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.
Telegram, June 16, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.

Hawes, Robert N., Hawes & Gosnell, Washington, D. C., letter,
June 8, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler..

Heilman, James M., Heilman & Heilman, 501 5th Avenue, New
York, N. Y.:

Letter, March 18, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler..
Telegram, June 18, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler_.
Hitzeman, Harry H., Chicago, Ill., additional statement.

Kenway, Herbert P., Kenway, Jenney, Witter & Hildreth, Boston,
Mass., letter, May 10, 1955, to C. F. Brickfield..

Kenyon, W. Houston, vice president, New York Patent Law Associa-
tion, telegram, July 1, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler___.
Ketchum, Omar B., director, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Kansas City,
Mo., letter, March 28, 1955, to Hon. Edwin E. Willis
Leverton, Max, president, Shoup Voting Machine Corp., Union City,
N. J., telegram, June 15, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler..
Lyons, John J., Washington, D. C., a reply to major points advanced
against the enactment of H. R. 2128, statement...

Magnuson, Hon. Don, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Washington, letter, April 19, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler..
McWilliams, Thomas F., secretary, Patent Law Association of
Chicago, letter and enclosure, May 3, 1955.

Merrill, A. D., Watertown, N. Y., telegram, June 15, 1955, to Hon.

Emanuel Celler.

Miessner, Benjamin Franklin, Morristown, N. J.:

Telegram, April 19, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.

Telegram, June 15, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.

Telegram, June 21, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.

Letter, April 12, 1955, to Hon Peter Freylinghuysen, Jr.

Muckey, M. J., Industrial Conference Board, Tacoma, Wash., letter,

March 3, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.......

Noonan, Joseph D., executive secretary, Smaller Business Association

of New England, Boston, Mass., telegram, June 9, 1955, to Hon.

Emanuel Celler.

Potter, T. Irving, Potter & Halsey, Inc., New York, N. Y., letter,
June 3, 1955, to Hon. Edwin E. Willis_

Riter, Henry G., III, president, National Association of Manufacturers,
New York, N. Y., telegram, June 29, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler....
Roche, John J., manager, New York district, International Shoe .
Machine Corp., telegram, April 22, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler..

Rogers, Hon. William P., Deputy Attorney General, letter, April 14,

1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler..

Schanzle, W. F., secretary, Cincinnati Patent Law Association, letter

and appendage, April 14, 1955, to C. F. Brickfield

Schmidt, John F., patent counsel, Le Tourneau-Westinghouse Co.,

Peoria, Ill., letter, April 4, 1955, to C. F. Brickfield_

Schroeder, Bernard A., president, Patent Law Association of Chicago,

letter and enclosure, March 11, 1955, to Subcommittee No. 3, Com-

mittee on the Judiciary

Stephens, Nell F., Box 6234, NW. station, Washington, D. C., letter,
March 9, 1955, to Judiciary Committee.

Table Principal countries which have patent extension legislation.

Vonck, Paul V., vice president, International Shoe Machine Corp.,

Cambridge, Mass., telegram, June 16, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel

Celler.

Wallace & Cannon, attorneys and counselors at law, Chicago, Ill.,

letter, March 10, 1955, to Roy H. Olson - - - -

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Weeks, Hon. Sinclair, Secretary of Commerce, letter, March 8, 1955,

to Hon. Emanuel Celler.

Wells, M., president, Spears Wells Machinery Co., Oakland, Calif.,

telegram, June 15, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler_

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Whiting, Richard, chairman, rules and laws committee, American

Patent Law Association:

Letter, March 18, 1955, to C. F. Brickfield__

Letter, June 29, 1955, to Committee on the Judiciary.