COMMITTEE ON PATENTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 3359 A BILL TO AMEND THE ACT RELATING TO PREVENTING AND H. R. 3360 A BILL PROHIBITING ISSUANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF FEBRUARY 20, 25, 26, 27, MARCH 11, 12, 19, 20, DEPOSITED BY THE 61-27-427 IC CONTENTS American Patent Law Association (see Harold T. Stowell). Arnold, Thurman, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Boyle, John, patent attorney, Washington Loan & Trust Building, Caldwell, Lt. Comdr. K. C., U. S. Navy, Patent Section__ Chicago Patent Law Association (see Benjamin F. Wupper; see Arthur Christy, Bayard H., patent lawyer, president, Pittsburgh Patent Law Dorr, John V. N., chairman, National Advisory Council to the House Committee on Patents, president, the Dorr Co., engineers, 570 208 228 46, 61, 186 Edmonds, Dean S., lawyer, chairman, committee on patent law Edwards, Clifton V., patent attorney, 63 Wall Street, New York City. Eyre, Richard, patent attorney, care of Bartlett, Eyre, Keel and Wey- mouth, 36 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City.. Fenning, Karl, patent attorney, National Press Building, Washing- 218 18, 28, 66 39, 47, 192 Langner, Lawrence, international patent lawyer, care of Langner, Pittsburgh Patent Law Association (see Bayard H. Christy). Shea, Francis M., Assistant Attorney General, Claims Division, Stowell, Harold T., chairman, laws and rules committee, American Patent Law Association, 1319 F St. NW., Washington, D. C. 49, 115, 225 Sutton, Loyd H., chairman of the section of patent, trade-mark, and copyright law, American Bar Association, 700 Tenth Street NW., Toye, F. Gerald, patent lawyer, Munsey Building, Washington, D. C. Walton, Edward R., Jr., patent lawyer, Munsey Building, Washing- Wenderoth, E. F., patent lawyer, Washington Loan & Trust Building, Wupper, Benjamin F., patent lawyer, Chicago Patent Law Associa- Coe, Hon. Conway P., Commissioner of Patents, proposed redraft Coburn, Hayward H., Philadelphia Patent Law Association, pro- posed redraft of Justice Department redraft, submitted by Eyre, Richard, National Advisory Council to House Committee Lassagne, Theodore, H., proposed redraft submitted by- 347 Manufacturing Chemists' Association, proposed redraft sub- 352 Shea, Hon. Francis M., Assistant Attorney General, proposed 154 Adam, Folger, Joliet, Ill., letter re H. R. 3360.. February 20, 1941 (Thursday)—H. R. 3359. February 25, 1941 (Tuesday)—H. R. 3359. February 26, 1941 (Wednesday)-H. R. 3360. February 27, 1941 (Thursday)-H. R. 3359. March 11, 1941 (Tuesday)-H. R. 3360 March 12, 1941 (Wednesday)-H. R. 3360 March 19, 1941 (Wednesday)-H. R. 3360 March 20, 1941 (Thursday)—hearing canceled. April 22, 1941 (Tuesday)-H. R. 3360.. April 23, 1941 (Wednesday)-H. R. 3360_ Letters, papers, and other memoranda: Administrator of Export Control (Brig. Gen. R. L. Maxwell), Depart- 370 American Patent Law Association, Harold T. Stowell, chairman, laws and rules committee, proposed amendments to H. R. 3359 recom- Arnold, Thurman, Assistant Attorney General in charge of Anti- 288 Bastian-Blessing Co., L. G. Blessing, president, 240 East Ontario St., 370 Letters addressed by Secretary of War and Secretary of Navy to B. & L. Optical Co. (read into record by Chairman Kramer). Beardsley & Piper Co., E. O. Beardsley, president, 2541 North Keeler 120 Boston Patent Law Association, Nathan Heard, president, 77 Frank- lin St., Boston, Mass., letter and telegram__ Brown, Robert C., Jr. % Mann, Brown & Cox, 53 West Jackson, Chicago, Ill., letter re H. R. 3360. Bruton, Henry, "Patent Applications Withheld from Issue for Na- tional Defense Purposes," article in February 1941, issue of the George Washington Law Review, volume 9, No. 4, by.. Burgess Battery Co., O. W. Storey, 500 West Huron Street, Chicago, Chemical Foundation, Inc., George J. Corbett, vice president, 654 Coe, Conway P., Commissioner of Patents, letter re H. R. 3359 Commerce, Department of, Jesse H. Jones, Secretary of Commerce, Washington, D. C., letters transmitting drafts of bills, introduced in House of Representatives as H. R. 3359 and H. R. 3360_- Crane Co., J. O. Lange, Engineer of Patents, 4100 South Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, Ill., letter re H. R. 3360 Darby, John J., care of Cushman, Darby & Cushman, American Security Building, Washington, D. C., letter re H. R. 3360 Darby, Samuel E., Jr., care of Darby & Darby, Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York City, letter re H. R. 3359 and Letter re proposed redraft of 3360 by Francis M. Shea, Assistant Dayton Patent Law Association, Lawrence B. Biebel, secretary, 807 Dicke, A. A., 270 Broadway, New York City, letter re H. R. 3359 and Eyre, Richard, care of Bartlett, Eyre, Keel & Weymouth, 36 West Forty-fourth Street, New York City, letter re H. R. 3359 and Felt & Tarrant Mfg. Co., R. J. Koch, president, 1735 North Paulina Street, Chicago, Ill., letter re H. R. 3360_. Fenning, Karl, patent attorney, National Press Building, Washington, Proposed amendments to H. R. 3359, submitted by. "Patents and National Defense," article in the December 1940, issue of the Journal of the Patent Office Society, vol. XXII, Flick, Fulton B., chairman, committee on legislation, Pittsburgh Patent Law Association, care of Brown, Critchlow & Flick, 1706 First National Bank Building, Pittsburgh, Pa., letter re H. R. 3359- Goldsmith, Elmer L., care of Lockwood, Goldsmith, and Galt, Harris, Ford W., care of Harris, Kiech, Foster & Harris, Chamber of Commerce Building, Los Angeles, Calif., letter re H. R. 3360......- Hawgood, Harvey R., care of Hawgood & Van Horn, 547 Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio, letters re H. R. 3359 and H. R. 3360 - - Hill, Carlton, care of Charles W. Hills, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, 339 Illinois Manufacturers' Association, James L. Donnelly, executive vice president, 120 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill., letter and |