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and coming over from previous years, 16 were disposed of. Four 

 were abandoned for lack of sufficient evidence; in 2, orders of nolle 

 prosequi were entered; in 1, the grand jury refused to indict; in 1, 

 upon a plea of guilty, the defendant was sentenced to 30 days' im- 

 prisonment for threatening Bureau of Animal Industry employees 

 and interfering with the discharge of their duties; in 1, the defend- 

 ant was discharged, on payment of costs, on account of his mental 

 condition; in 2, the defendants were fined $100 each; in 2, the de- 

 fendants were fined $50 each; in 2, the defendants were fined $25 

 each; and in 1, the defendant was fined $10. In one case, against 

 two defendants, one of the defendants pleaded guilty and was fined 

 $75. The other defendant has not been apprehended and the case 

 is, therefore, pending as to him. At the close of the year 13 cases 

 Avere pending in the courts. 



PATENTS. 



Twenty applications for letters patent on inventions of employees 

 of the department for dedication to the public were prepared and 

 filed. During the year 7 were allowed, and none disallowed. 



The following table shows the status of applications on June 30, 

 1916: 



Applicant. 



Orlin R. Rogers... 



Frank F. Chase 



Howard C. Pierce. 



Wm. H. Mast 



Emil G. Boerner.. 



Herbert C Gore and 

 Charles O. Townsend. 



Marion Dorset and How- 

 ard J. Shore. 



Marion Gilbert Donk... 



Herbert II. Bunzel. 

 Harrison E. Patten. 



Wrn. H. Waggaman 



Edmund B. McCormick 



George A. Olson 



Leonard R. Ingersoll.. 



Harry D. Tiemann. 



Peter A. Yoder 



William R. Ross, Albert 



R. Merz, and John N. 



Carruthers. 



Samuel C. Hood 



John H. Clack 



Paul J. Fox 



John F. Barghausen 



John F. Barghausen 



Frederick C. Weber and 

 Frank M. Allen. 



Frederick C. Weber and 

 Frank M. Allen. 



Charles S. Reeves, Pro- 

 vost Hubbard, and 

 Richard H. Lewis. 



Herbert C. Gore 



Thomas B . Lear 



Jason L. Merrill 



Ralph B. Adams. 



Bureau. 



Weather Bureau. 



Plant Industry 



Chemistry 



Forest Service 



Plant Industry 



Chemistry 



Animal Industry. 



Chemistry 



Plant Industry. 

 Chemistry 



Soils 



Public Roads and 

 Rural Engineer- 

 ing. 



Forest Service. 



.do. 



Plant Industry. 

 Soils 



Plant Industry... 



Forest Service 



Soils 



Plant Industry... 



do 



Chemistry 



.do. 



Public Roads and 

 Rural Engineer- 

 ing. 



Chemistry 



Animal Industry.. 



Office of Markets 

 and Rural Or- 

 ganization. 



Forest Service 



Invention. 



A pparatus for recording duration of rainfall. 



Gravity fruit separator 



Poultry -picking frames 



Plant ing board 



Device for sampling, mixing, and blending 

 seed, flour, meal, and other like material- 

 Process for making sirup from sugar beets. . 



Process for the manufacture of concen- 

 trated hog-cholera antitoxin. 



Process for producing high-grade rosin 

 from low-grade rosin. 



Thermostat 



Apparatus for impregnating liquids with 

 gas. 



Process for manufacturing sulphuric acid. . 



Torsion dynamometer 



Process for drying gluten 



Apparatus for measuring the gloss of non- 

 metallic surfaces 



Dry kilns for drying lumber and other 

 moisture-bearing substances. 



Sirup evaporator 



Concentrated fertilizers 



Rotary grating machine 



Pack frame 



Process for extracting potash and alumina 

 from alunite. 



Interlocking device 



Machine for gathering crimson clover 



Fish positioning machine 



Machine for cutting and eviscerating fish. . 



Process for preparing waterproof paving 

 material. 



Process for preserving fruit juices 



Stamping tool or punch 



Method for making flax tow 



Portable telephone 



Disposition of 

 application 



Pending. 



Do. 

 Allowed. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Pending 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Allowed. 

 Pending. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



A flowed. 

 Pending. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Allowed. 



Pending. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



