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INSTITUTE ON PATENTS
The Ninth Institute on Research Administration to be given under the auspices of the Center for Technology and Administration, School of Government and Public Administration, The American University, will have “Patent Incentives and Their Effects” as its theme. This Institute will be held November 18-22, 1963, a t the International Inn, Washington. D . C. Topics which will be included are: role of patents in our industrial growth process; influence of our American patent system on “incentives” from the standpoint of individual usage; the patent section in a research and development organization: and suppression of invention. Also to be discussed are the dynamic changes brought about by existing laws and practices dealing with government ownership of license; proposed changes in patent law and policies; and consideration of patent incentives abroad. Additional information may be obtained from Dr. Lowell H. Hattery, Director, Center for Technology and Administration, The American Univeristy, 1901 F St., N. W . . Washington 6, D. C.
CORRECTION
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NEW MINIATURIZED FILING
A new miniaturized filing system that cuts filing space by a 200 to 1 ratio while saving time in retrieval and reproduction of records and reports has been announced by Documentation Incorporated, Bethesda, Maryland. DOCUFORM. is based on a commercial version of a government/DOC I N C development using a single flat transparent sheet of film which permits over 100 pages of standard-size documents to be stored and reproduced from each 5 x 8-in. unit. I n addition to the miniaturized files, the system employs a Random-File technique of color-coded tabs on each DOCUFORM. This permits instant selection from the file and speeds retrieval for viewing on a reader or reproduction in “hard copy” form from most existing microfilm reader-printer equipment. Each DOCUFORM filing cabinet-about the size of a shoebox-is designed to make misfiling virtually impossible and is equivalent to 200 standard-size filing cabinets. The DOCUFORM itself uses a reduction ratio of approximately 18 to 1with up to 100 frames per 5 x 8-in. sheet.
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