ns.
J. Stainthorp, moulding candles.
Walter Hunt's heirs, paper collars.
A.B. Wilson, sewing machines.
S.A. Knox, plows.
Rollin White, firearms.
Aikin A. Felthousen, sewing machines.
H. Woodman, stripping cotton cards.
L. Hall, heel trimmer.
J.A. Conover, wood splitter.
J. Dyson, carding engine.
G. Wellmann, card strippers.
E. Brady, safety valves.
Jearum Atkins, harvester rakes.
John Thomas, re-rolling railroad rails.
Thomas Mitchell, hair brushes.
Stephen Hull, harvesters.
T.R. Crosby, wiring blind slats.
G.W. Laban, mitre cutting machine.
T.A. Whitenack, harvesters.
J.J. Vinton, furnaces.
A. Fuller, faucets.
D. Baker, pitcher spouts and lids.
G.F. Chandler, refining sugar.
G.H. Nott, boiler furnace.
William Hall, lightning rods.
B.F. Rice, paper bag machines.
S.D. Nelson, shovels.
E.T. Russell, car springs.
Hubbell & Conant, steam pumps.
C.A. Chamberlain, shovels.
C.A. Adams, locks.
E.A. Leland, paint can.

In addition to the above, I find the following names as applicants for
extensions, but the inventions covered by the patents sought to be
extended is not mentioned: S.S. Turner, Arculous Wyckoff, De Witt C.
Cummings, Moses Marshall, J.W. Fowler, and Holloway & Graham. Many of
the applicants have apparently given up their cases for this session,
but they may be only lying back to its close in hopes that in the
final rush their "little bills" may slip through easily.

Several bills tinkering at the patent laws are before Congress, and
one of these (House Bill, No. 3,370) passed the House on the 30th ult.
It has one section that may be made to work great harm to inventors,
as it prevents infringers being sued for more than one year's damages
previous to notice of infringement being given. By this bill, if it is
allowed to become a law, a person will be able to build and use
patented machines or processes for years in some out of the way place
where the inventor cannot easily find him; and should he be
discovered, he can only be sued for one year's damages. There are
other sections in this bill which will bear ventilating.

Another bill, introduced into the Senate by Mr. Paddock, provides that
all appeals from the Board of Appeals shall be direct to the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, instead of to the Commissioner as
heretofore; and that the fees shall be the same as now paid to the
latter official.

Mr. Sampson has intro