Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1919 — RETURN OF PEACE CAUSES RUSH AT PATENT OFFICE. [ARTICLE]

RETURN OF PEACE CAUSES RUSH AT PATENT OFFICE.

American irjanufacturera turning from war to peace production have besieged the patent office with such a volume of requests that twentyfive additional employes are needed to care for the mail. Patents Commissioner (Newton, of Washington, has advised congress in asking for a special appropriation of $44,000 for employing additional help. He said that since -the cessation of hostilities, his office had received from 75,000 to 85,000 requests weekly for copies of patent issues, principally from manufacturers anxious to “find the newest and best ways of doing things.”