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Show MIL CELEBRATE ISSUANCE OF THE MILLIONTH PATENT wssBsississswsnsn President ' Will Designate Lacky Man to Receive That Number. ' WASHINGTON, June Sfl. The United State government will issue its on millionth patent for an invention on August 1 next and the honor will go to an inventor who haa been designated by President Taft. Commissioner of Patent Edward Brae Moore haa been looking forward for some tima to a celebration of the issuance of 'patent No. 1,000,000. It haa been bis hope that this distinguished distin-guished number should go to some epoch making? invention. Several week ago President Taft received a letter from an American inventor, saying ha, had rfeeted a device which he intended patent and that he would like to have the honor ot receiving No. 1,000,-000. 1,000,-000. The president asked the commissioner commis-sioner to comply with the request if it were not incompatible with th regulations regula-tions of the office. The commissioner reported to the president that the device was meritorious meritor-ious and would constitute a valuable addition to the list of American inventions, inven-tions, and that patent No. 1,000.000 would be granted tbe inventor. The number was placed in reserve and will be officially recorded oa the first iseue day of August. r |