American Engineering Council: United States patent office procedure

In October, 1924, the Committee on Patent Office Procedure, appointed by Mr. Hubert Work, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, began to function. The Secretary, in a statement to the committee, said, “A very useful purpose may be served by this committee of prominent patent attorneys, representatives of industrial organizations and the engineering profession, in making a thorough review of the Patent Office, with a view of simplifying the methods of procedure and expediting the handling of applications for patents.”