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PART 601-FUNCTIONS OF THE

ORGANIZATION UNITS

601.1 Office of the Director.

601.2 Industrial Research and Development Division.

601.3 Inventions and Engineering Division. 601.4 Technical Industrial Intelligence Division.

601.5 Technical Advisory Service Division. 601.6 Bibliographic and Reference Division.

AUTHORITY: §§ 601.1 to 601.6, inclusive, issued under R.S. 161; 5 U.S.C. 22.

SOURCE: $ 601.1 to 601.6 inclusive, contained in Regulations, Director, approved by the Secretary of Commerce, Aug. 30, 1946, effective Sept. 11, 1946, 11 F.R. 177A-330.

601.1 Office of the Director. The Office of the Director is responsible for the general direction, guidance, and coordination of the activities of the Office of Technical Services.

The Administrative Staff is under the direction of an Executive Officer, who serves as the principal adviser to the Director on matters of organization, budgeting, personnel management, and procedural planning. He is responsible for liaison with central administrative offices of the Department, for obtaining services from such offices, and for providing internal administrative services for the Office of Technical Services.

The Information Staff, under the general policy guidance of the Director of the Office of Publications of the Department of Commerce, is responsible for developing and executing a coordinated information and publications program for the Office of Technical Services; for reviewing speeches, press releases, articles, and other public statements to be released by the Office of Technical Services; for negotiating with publishing companies for the private publication of documents in the possession of the Office of Technical Services, so that they may be made available to industry in economical and convenient form; and for writing, editing, and publishing a semipopular magazine reporting the scientific and technical activities of the Department of Commerce, other Federal agencies, and cooperating foreign governments.

§ 601.2 Industrial Research and Development Division. The Industrial Research and Development Division is generally responsible for the performing of those functions of the Office of Techni

cal Services relating to the selection, organization, negotiation, and administration of research projects on such mechanisms, processes, inventions, and the construction of pilot models therefor, which are entered into by the Office of Technical Services for the purpose of benefiting the technological and industrial productivity of the nation, creating new enterprises, and adding to employment. In performing these functions the Industrial Research and Development Division will:

(a) Review and analyze ideas for technological or scientific research to determine whether the undertaking of a research project is technically justified and whether the results of such a project are likely to justify the expenditure of public funds on the project;

(b) Initiate investigation of the feasibility of undertaking such research;

(c) Develop research programs and estimate the cost of projects proposed;

(d) Recommend to the Director the undertaking of research projects;

(e) Select the organizations with which research contracts are to be placed;

(f) Negotiate and administer research contracts;

(g) Handle patent problems arising out of projects and analyze the industrial applicability of research results;

(h) Encourage the industrial application and adoption of the results of research projects; and

(i) Within the limits of available funds, carry technical development through to a production stage, when advisable to do so, by arranging for the construction of prototypes of new products or for the building and operation of pilot plants.

§ 601.3 Inventions and Engineering Division. The Inventions and Engineering Division is generally responsible for performing those functions of the Office of Technical Services relating to counselling and assisting inventors, stimulating invention by indicating areas and situations in which invention is needed, and in general encouraging the development of inventiveness as a national resource. In addition the Inventions and Engineering Division serves the Office of Technical Services as a central pool of engineers available for interpre

tations and analyses. In performing these functions the Inventions and Engineering Division will:

(a) Systematically analyze and evaluate the technical merits of inventions and ideas, comment on their possibilities for the creation of new employment opportunities, and recommend to the Industrial Research and Development Division, prospective manufacturers, or the armed services those which appear to justify research and further development;

(b) Provide inventors with information as to the functions and procedures of the patent system; their rights and interests in inventive ideas; research, development, and test facilities available from public and private sources; and financing, exploiting, and marketing problems; and

(c) Compile and make available to inventors information on problems needing solution through new inventions.

§ 601.4 Technical Industrial Intelligence Division. The Technical Industrial Intelligence Division is responsible for those functions of the Office of Technical Services relating to collecting and disseminating technical and scientific industrial intelligence. In performing these functions the Technical Industrial Intelligence Division will:

(a) Conduct intensive searches in enemy and other foreign countries to locate personnel, documents, and material from which technical and scientific industrial information may be obtained, and study processes, methods, and techniques for the purpose of obtaining such information; and

(b) Analyze and appraise the information obtained to determine its possible usefulness to American business and industry.

§ 601.5 Technical Advisory Service Division. The Technical Advisory Service Division is responsible for those functions of the Office of Technical Services relating to providing technical information to business to aid in solving specific technical problems. In performing these functions the Technical Advisory Service Division will:

(a) Provide an advisory service to businesses and industrial firms and state and local governments requesting aid in the solution of their technical problems; and

(b) Direct applicants for technical assistance to appropriate public and private agencies conducting technical industrial research.

§ 601.6 Bibliographic and Reference Division. The Bibliographic and Reference Division is responsible for providing a pool of knowledge as to the existence and location of scientific and technical information, for developing improved methods of reference to such material, and for making such material available for use. In performing these functions the Division will:

(a) Acquire scientific and technical reports and publications for distribution to the general public.

(b) Effect the declassification of scientific and technical data that can be released for public benefit and make such data available to business and industry;

(c) Catalogue and index scientific and technical reports;

(d) Select the reports which appear to be most useful to business and industrial firms and prepare abstracts and other copy for publication in the Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports; and

(e) Prepare special subject lists for general distribution.

PART 602-INFORMATION AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC

Sec. 602.1

nical information to business and industry in the following ways:

(a) Through sale of the reports listed in the weekly Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports. All material made available through the Office of Technical Services is listed and abstracted in the Bibliography. The material includes hitherto secret or otherwise restricted wartime research data, the results of investigations in Germany and other foreign countries, as well as reports on current Government research projects. Copies of all reports are sold at the cost of reproduction by the Office of Technical Services. A complete card index to the information contained in these reports is open to the public in the Office of Technical Services, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C.

(b) By assisting industry in the solution of specific technical problems. All the divisions are available to help in the solution of such problems submitted through correspondence or in person.

(c) By helping inventors develop new materials, processes, and products for commercial production. The staff of the Inventions and Engineering Division solicits and evaluates ideas submitted to the Office of Technical Services, provides informed advice on patents and inventions, and serves as a general information bureau on technical data in the possession of the Government. The Industrial Research and Development Division will assist in research programs, including the construction and operation

of pilot plant facilities where necessary, for the development of new ideas which promise to increase industrial productivity and to create new business and employment opportunities.

(d) By making it possible for companies, trade and scientific groups, and individuals to conduct investigations of German and other foreign industrial technology under the sponsorship of the Technical Industrial Intelligence Division. The results of these investigations are made available to all industry through the Office of Technical Services.

(e) By obtaining samples of foreign equipment, products, and other matériel and making arrangements for research, testing, and inspection of these samples by Government, industrial, and scientific laboratories. Reports on the results of these investigations are made available to the public by the Office of Technical Services.

(f) By preparing public exhibits of foreign and comparable domestic materials and products of interest to American industry and by cooperating with other agencies and groups in preparing such displays.

(g) Through the issuance of press releases and through cooperation with the press in the preparation of articles for magazines, newspapers, and other public sources of information. Emphasis is placed on informing industry of new technological developments which may be of wide interest and commercial value.

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1.1 Status of applicant or complainant.
12 Policy as to private controversies.
1.3 Settlement of cases by stipulation.
1.4 Wool Products Labeling Act.
1.5 Cooperation with other agencies.

AUTHORITY: §§ 1.1 to 1.5, inclusive, issued under sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 60 Stat. 237; 15 U.S.C. 46.

SOURCE: §§ 1.1 to 1.5, inclusive, contained in Statement, Federal Trade Commission, Dec. 5, 1946, effective Dec. 11, 1946, 11 F.R. 14232.

§1.1 Status of applicant or complainant. The so called "applicant" or complaining party has never been regarded as a party in the strict sense. The Commission acts only in the public interest. It has always been and now is the rule not to publish or divulge the name of an applicant or complaining party, and

such party has no legal status before the Commission except where allowed to intervene as provided by the statute.

§ 1.2 Policy as to private controversies. It is the policy of the Commission not to institute proceedings against alleged unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices where the alleged violation of law is a private controversy redressable in the courts, except where said practices tend to affect the public. In cases where the alleged injury is one to a competitor only and is redressable in the courts by an action by the aggrieved competitor and the interest of the public is not involved, the proceeding will not be entertained.

§ 1.3 Settlement of cases by stipulation. Whenever the Commission shall have reason to believe that any person has been or is using unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts