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Edward Bruce Moore | |
|---|---|
| United States Commissioner of Patents | |
| In office June 1, 1907 – August 14, 1913 | |
| President | Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | Frederick Innes Allen |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Ewing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1851 North Anson, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | September 7, 1915 (aged 63) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Edward Bruce Moore (December 25, 1851 – September 7, 1915) was an American lawyer, journalist, and government official who served as the United States Commissioner of Patents from 1907 to 1913.[1][2][3] A longtime Patent Office official, Moore had previously served as assistant commissioner and represented the United States in international patent and industrial-property meetings.[1]
Early life and journalism
[edit]Moore was born in North Anson, Maine, on December 25, 1851.[1] At age 14, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he served as a page in the United States Senate. In 1876, he became involved in newspaper work and later served as editor of the Washington Daily News and the Washington Daily Telegraph.[1]
Moore was admitted to the bar in 1881.[1]
Patent Office career
[edit]Moore joined the United States Patent Office in 1883 as an assistant examiner in Division 1.[1] He later became law clerk and principal examiner. From 1901 to 1907, he served as assistant commissioner under Commissioner Frederick Innes Allen.[1]
In 1907, Moore was appointed commissioner of patents on the recommendation of Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield.[1]
Commissioner of Patents
[edit]Moore served as commissioner of patents during the administrations of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.[2] During his administration, Patent Office personnel increased and salaries were raised for the first time since 1848.[1]
The USPTO's republished Patent Office Society biography states that Moore's administration oversaw minor changes in patent laws and office procedure. The Patent Office adopted a seniority plan of promotion, and Moore's decisions encouraged closing prosecution once an issue had been reached.[1] He also advocated the establishment of a patent bar and a court of patent appeals.[1]
International patent work
[edit]Moore represented the United States in several international patent and industrial-property matters. In 1900, while serving as a principal examiner, he was appointed United States special commissioner to the Paris Exposition.[1] In 1908, as commissioner, he served as a United States delegate to the International Patent Congress in Stockholm.[1]
In 1909, President Taft appointed Moore as expert special attaché to the Fourth International Congress of American States in Buenos Aires. According to the Patent Office Society biography, Moore prepared patent regulations and observances that were ratified by the congress.[1]
In 1911, Taft again appointed Moore, this time as chairman of the American delegation to the Conference of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, held in Washington, D.C., with 40 nations represented.[1] The 1911 revision of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property listed Moore, then commissioner of patents, among the plenipotentiaries for the United States, and Moore was one of the United States signatories of the convention.[4]
Later career and death
[edit]Moore left the Patent Office in 1913 and became the senior member of the firm Moore and Clark, which had offices in Washington, D.C., and New York City.[1] After nearly a year of failing health, he died of heart disease on September 7, 1915, in his 64th year.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Edward Bruce Moore". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
- ^ a b "Past leaders of the USPTO". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
- ^ "Directors of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office". Patent Librarian's Notebook. August 29, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
- ^ "Convention of the Union of Paris March 20, 1883, for the Protection of Industrial Property, Revised at Brussels December 14, 1900, and at Washington June 2, 1911". Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1913. Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. Retrieved May 8, 2026.