OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR. 



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In another there was no contest, but in the remaining case, tried 

 during the closing days of June, there was stubborn resistance. The 

 trial consumed five days, and at its conclusion the jury was dis- 

 charged and the court has not yet rendered a decision. This case 

 involves the correctness of many of the department's interpretations 

 of the regulations and is a case of first impression in that regard. 

 The trial was conducted for the Government by this office in coopera- 

 tion with the United States attorney. 



The work of this office has consisted chiefly in preparing the cases 

 for the institution of action, including the drafting of pleadings, 

 reporting them to the Department of Justice, preparing an exhaus- 

 tive brief in support of the Governmient 's contentions as to the 

 validity of the regulations, and supplemental and reply briefs, where 

 necessary, assisting the United States attorneys at the hearings and 

 trials, and acting as a clearing house whereby information of interest- 

 ing developments in each case is disseminated C[uickly among all the 

 United States attorneys handUng these cases. In short, the office 

 has directed the fight' to sustain the action of the War Industries 

 Board and to enforce the regulations. 



Assistance was rendered the United States attorney for the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia in di-afting an indictment charging a former auditor 

 of the department and two members of a firm of wool dealers with 

 conspiracy to defraud the United States in the payment by those 

 dealers of a sum of money to the auditor whereby he was induced 

 to make a false audit of their transactions. The two dealers plead 

 guilty and fines aggregating S4,000 were imposed. The auditor is 



awaiting trial. 



PATENTS. 



Thirty-six apphcations for letters patent on inventions of employees 

 of the departm^ent for dedication to the public were prepared and 

 fi-led. During the year 27 were allowed and 5 disallowed. The fol- 

 lowing table shows the status of applications on June 30, 1923: 



Patents avvlicdfor by members of the department. 



Applicant. 



Robert G. Merritt . 

 W. G. Taggart 



H. D. Gibbs 



Do 



E. Q. Adams 



B. Drmnmond 



C. R. Smith 



H. D. Tiemann aad R. Thelen. 

 A. L. Heia and J. D. Mac Lean. 

 M. Phillips and G. H. Mains... 



R. L. Parshall 



R. Thelen 



R. F. Gardiner 



S. T.Howard 



E. W. Schwartze 



H. D. Gibbs 



J. S. Bright and L. I. Hewes. . . 



L. A. Rogers 



L. G. Polhamus 



G. F. Mitchell 



M.Phillips 



L. S. Longenecker 



S. PaUdn 



Bureau. 



Forest Ser\ice. 



Chemistry 



do 



do 



Plant Industry 



Chemistry 



Forest Service 



do 



Chemistry 



Public Roads 



Forest Service 



Soils 



Entomology 



Chemistry 



do 



Invention. 



Hypsometer 



Decolorizing carbon. 



Public Roads 



Animal Industry. 

 Plant Industry... 



Chemistrv 



do...: 



do 



do 



Sublimation 



Anthracene press cake 



Sublimation 



Support for branches of fruit trees. . 



Purification of gelatin and glue 



Kiln 



Propeller protractor 



Furfural 



Recording Instrrunent 



Kiln 



Soil fertilizer 



Density tester 



Poison 



Catalyst from vanadium pent- 

 oxide. 



Pavements 



Milk 



Delinting cottonseed 



Beverage producing substances — 



Synthetic thymol 



Separating rotors 



Photographic sensitizing dyes 



Disposition of 

 application. 



Allowed. 

 Pending in in- 

 terference. 

 Allowed. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Disallowed. 

 Allowed. 



Do. 

 Disallowed. 

 Allowed. 



Do. 

 Pending. 



Do. 

 Allowed. 

 Disallowed. 

 Allowed. 



Pending. 



Disallowed. 



Allowed. 



Pending. 



Allowed. 



Do. 



Do. 



