Abstract :
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.”
