To Reorganize The Patent Office
Washington City, Feb. 29. -In theaenate Hondiy Mr. GoriDan introducid three billa, at the request of J. Frank Mormon, of . timore, president of tbe National E.eotric association, which look toward the complete reorganizaron of the patent office. The first bilí provides for the appointment by the president of a patent commissioner at $8,0iH) a year, for six yeara. He ia to have an assistent, and three chief eximiera at $3,000 a year a piece. The seeond bilí provides for the establishment of a court of patent appeala, with a chief justice, and tbree aasociatea, at $8,000 a piece a year. They ahall have authority to appoiat marshals and a full rátinue of the clerka, etc., and ara to consider all appeals from the decisión of the commissioner. The third bill providea that a patent may be obtained on an article which has been patented abroad, and a foreign patent shall not invalídate a patent in thig country on a similar article. These bilis are the outcome of the meeting of the Electric association in Detroit last week.
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