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Show JOBS OFFERED IN U S. PATENT OFFICE W'ASHINCrToN. April 1G The U S. Civil Service commission is au-I au-I thorlty for tho statement that of late an average year s business of th? U. S. Paten! I 'ffico consists of more than 85.00U applications for patents, and; thai more than one and a quarter million mil-lion patents have been Issuea since the, present system was established by the act of 1836. Each division of the patent offio paSSes on distinct subjects ot lnven-1 tlon. Whether the invention pertalnsi to a hairpin or a cantilever bridge, a' perfume or a deadly gas. a process tor. mounting Jewels or for extracting and' refining metals, a new toy or a new1 engine of destruction, there will be found in the patent Office exports pos-l leased of the requisite knowledge to! understand the invention. Its operation, opera-tion, and the field occupied by similar attempta Th. Civil Service commission State u will hold examinations on Mav io,j 11 and 12. and on June 21. fi and IS, I throughout the United States, to se- Itglbles io fill vacancies in positions posi-tions Of assistant examiner In the pat- enl office. The cntrunco salary offer-j d tl 11,600 a year, plus the bonus of 'LQ a month granted by Congress,! and ttiere is provision for promotion' on merit to positions paying from I $l.t50 to $3,900 a year. Technical i training Is necessary. Full information and application' 1. tanks 111,1) be secured from the I sj Civil Service commission, Washington, Washing-ton, or tho civil service board at the post office in any city. |