Issued by the United States Patent Office FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 14, 1869. _Reported Officially for the Scientific American_ SCHEDULE OF PATENT OFFICE FEES: On each caveat $10 On filing each application for a Patent (seventeen years) $15 On issuing each original Patent $20 On appeal to Commissioner of Patents $20 On application for Reissue $30 On application for Extension of Patent $50 On granting the Extension $50 On filing a Disclaimer $10 On an application for Design (three and a half years) $10 On an application for Design (seven years) $15 On an application for Design (fourteen years) $30 In addition to which there are some small revenue-stamp taxes. Residents of Canada and Nova Scotia pay $500 on application. _For copy of Claim of any Patent issued within 30 years_ $1 _A sketch from the model or drawing, relating to such portion of a machine as the Claim covers, from_ $1 _upward, but usually at the price above-named_. _The full Specification of any patent issued since Nov. 20,1866, at which time the Patent Office commenced printing them_ $1.25 _Official Copies of Drawings of any patent issued since 1836, we can supply at a reasonable cost, the price depending upon the amount of labor involved and the number of views. Full information, as to price of drawings, in each case, may be had by addressing_ MUNN & CO., Patent Solicitors, No. 37 Park Row, New York. * * * * * 97,751.--FLUTING MACHINE.--Henry B. Adams, New York city. 97,752.--ELASTIC WASHER FOR CARRIAGES, ETC.--George W. Billings, Chicago, Ill. Antedated December 4, 1869. 97,753.--ADJUSTABLE WAGON BOTTOM AND CHUTE.--Abraham Bitner, Jr., Lancaster, Pa. 97,754.--MODE OF TREATING CONGLOMERATES OF CAST IRON.--Thomas Schoenberger Blair, Pittsburgh, Pa. 97,755.--ANIMAL TRAP.--John Blume, Mount Pleasant, Md. 97,756.--ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ADVERTISING FRAME.--Joshua Brooks, (assignor to himself and Benjamin E. Corlew), Boston, Mass., Antedated December 1, 1869. 97,757.--LAMP EXTINGUISHER.--Wm.I.Bunker, Yankton, Dakota Territory. 97,758.--MACHINE FOR POLISHING THE EDGES OF BOOT AND SHOE SOLES.--Robert F. Burns, Albany, N.Y. 97,759.--BEEHIVE.--Peter Campbell, Carrolltown, Pa. 97,760.--RAILWAY GATE.--Peter Campbell, Carrolltown, Pa. 97,761.--REDUCING ORES.--Thomas J. Chubb, Williamsburg, N.Y. Antedated June 14, 1869. 97,762.--MACHINE FOR BENDING AND FOLDING SHEET METAL.--James B. Clark and Lucas C. Clark, Plantsville, Conn. 97,763.--SAW SWAGE.--Joseph S. Clark, New York city. 97,764.--SASH HOLDER.--Nelson C. Cole (assignor to himself and Leverett H. Marvin), Beaver Dam, Wis.