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Drama Club To Present
"Hotel Universe"
Political Opinion
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gmi and above all . . . to keep us
uut of trouble.
If we took as much interest in our
ihtertial affairs, wo would have less
than 10,000,000 people unemployed
mid oiir labor unions at peace with
each other. Labor, business, and gov-
ernment would be cooperating har-
moniously with one another, for the
, benefit of all.
Instead of using' the word w-a-r so
much let us substitute an o for the a
and add k to the end. Surely, condi-
tions in America would improve rap-
idly and the American people as a
whole would be much happier.
I
March 10, 1939
Editor of the Thresher:
BEAD Mr. Paul Horton's Fresh-
man theme, "After Eighteen
Yearn," in last week's edition and
enjoyed it immensely. B think Mr.
Horton is to be congratulated on the
lact that he, along with others of out-
college group, ha* broken away from
the staid, hard-bound traditions of
the past as far as religion goes.
Certainly, there is no longer any
argument in the world over the evo.
lution. Further than this, however,
I Jo not believe that any thinking
By these last few statements I do I'wr^n could roa'ly agree with M'r.
not mean • that we should1 be iridif
t'l-veiit <D foreign affairs, however, in
thinking about them let us , strive
'Hot to condemn but to be openminded
and to cumiitlei both sides of the
question and then from att:opinion, If
UNITED STATES patents ure au-
thorized by the constitution,
which says, Article 1, Section VIII,
"The Congress shall have power . ...
to promote the progress of Science
and Useful Arts, by securing for
limited Times to Authors and In-
ventors, the exclusive Right to their
respective Writings and Discover-
ies.'' ■
Congress has exercised its power
by enacting various patent statutes,
which have developed into o l< pres-
ent law. The present statute, as is-
sued by the United States Patent
office, suites that a patent is to con-
sist of three principal parts: (1) A
•:ontract form drafted, furnished and
filled out and signed by the Com-
missioner of Patents. (2) A specifi-
cation, drafted by the inventor or
his attorney, disclosing his invention
and the "manner and process of mak-
lloit 't', in his conception 'M religion.
Summing up his views on ortho-
dox Christianity one finds that he
four main objections to it; first,
rjjtarth and the origin of man; second,
it is u false doctrine because it incoiy
■uiy.'tii' at Riot! Institute is incapable tly believes that there is a pur-
of diiiiigl'. this I heartily recommend ) l'"*0 iu life, and thai God really{iNg, constructing,1 compounding, and
tin- ■ ^ocioh.gy ' 'course under Dr. iwes for man as an individual; third, | using it"; and (3.) One Or more
Slaughtt i. j that it teaches personal immortality,j "dajnts," also drawn by the inventor
ilelen, Muller j ami that therB; is, :rto subh; unu, fourifi, or his attorney subject to the crit-
jj.. lieai Miss Ciaok->e>: J tha its formula for unselfish, living ieism of the Examiner in the Patent
.aiid;ijg i wo- means'towuril happiness is
OW I sincerely bellevt' that Mr,
Horton must be wrong in these
1 1 ioSiiV statements. In the first place
' . L', i! :V . If bis 'facts' are. not right, and | H> i,:lt,'iit is tluis hi
( oillHilled r roin ,,,. . in t|„. scrotal imich of his logic slm-,1" a legal docume
I'llUt1 One J>1 \ does not hold water. jllf a fcrrunt or coiltiact.
Lrilish -oro-l.t «ili liuw to.1 dj^some !. The, should
i.>vi ,ork. ' 1 jit H'UtU ttoi Uoiffli Ih^tl peopffi! insteiiil
I ... .!• iuntil ij'iei the lo'lijil: which j of deserting tMiristianity in recent
. v • , I'. ursd.t.-. night was years, have been flocking to its
I,.. ...;| i,,,- i,:i; ,i was hard i.o standards jby the thousands, In the
By Gene Flewellen
uvh< hy kct'(Hn«" (mi- frlvtMiship iiiUlct
cVfii ihuui!h \s-1..* fiut in our
pr-iiiicui VM.!Wv.,.v .■ . j '' '... j, vflj '
i
2
si
ui't'hoi itatiwi'l middle of the last, century but 20
t; lib't «h( ' one ! pel .eelit-.ot .oiir -populatio.il . be'longed
wilc'l tile
n \)ii.";ivn I
Very hii!;, iviMi.V::-,'
Mi.ii'i
■ tv ■
title ; to elmrebes;
Today the hu.nmy.: is .we'll til)
i'iei- ijffi't: In lh- last year the iii-
Ceneral Opinion
j$|h........
i !( :ir .I',.Iitit ' i:
.. : iiiiiiipiiii
: - , i" j Bi i ,'n1 , >11
t '•iu|iiiUnr> ||
Education Favored
ll< "sin,lent Oiiiimm Sutu'is of
..■'■ase :;. chuiv!i Jieaibeiship was
two;; .;till.ies thiV.'.' ha-Yease | ill p(i|)lila-.
N'lrie hulaired and sixty tboiis-
p}|pi I(■ jb'Si-i thi^tuicl. Ill':■ '1 li'ls
■VvV'ivj we tarnijiti away from relitvion?
.. Figures d'o ju>:t lie, .Mr. Horton,
Bll'i'l \l)}\':t;'iyt jus |l|« | intJpif fpill
Ulf^'iea!' ohjiet tioris to i.'hristian-
Ameri. :a
•• io;. !\la:'cii 1M -Sex
PMiijIMI;
a
ii Atinoieali etVllilS
III t'-ii-t, almost, ti'i per cent
then I'.Ti'ur niaknn'p; coui-.-es on the
t/ (iu iplim■, ot; Ao'S. U (tijklHiWWj'i, :iA.intt-i
fe -W0 StudifClt .'Opin-..
j';1! S'! | ; vrys :of ' 111!'Iliea 'sHoWs.
11' '.s i,(ers'.n'ifi V'iy MfKi
''o.fje.t'.y'jfhei.'i;-' ilS^1
•,| ;,J: , '-'AVi-1 ^;
ii>*. MpK wffiiP'i the. t Piffii
1 flft1 • >t" the
W,t^fWi'n Tr iim^ wHi
nHpH |P®H| ijii| |m|iI ,i't;'tii;!1:'
The Biliiea'l fftiiiy I tales" are heauti-
l'iil reading ; as such, : and the "Old
edu- i'estanieut'' offers strikingly symbol-
..:n>uId :n.> longer or a matter , ie allegories of what really happened,
pie red alioui. a iarvre ma-iiait ir. is entirely wrong to believe
• students j that modern Christianity accepts
theni as the Jileral truth as to what
happened, I ii shortChristianity is not
tilii .'attenvpi."ij||| explain the universe,
i/U t siniply a docli'ilie - whose j.e.i jjose
is 'to, improve, it. .
IIHIKN CiN ■ seeonil, udunt the views*
T T ai e put forth that the ; forefe
w.lneh created the universe in too
Un.ge,..man and ' that con-
Office, and defining the invention
which has been described in the, spec-
ification. Most patents, likewise
some, chemie^l patents, also include
four''drawings.1 ■ ',,
A patent is thus held 'h^j the courts
anient in the nature
M'lil rr-rr mr :
AT;,:AN early date ' rulers and gov-
HHpnipntf granted . Ui.tte'rs, pat-
ents. or mono[)olies to those who in-
trtidueed iiew arts and manufactures
into the eniintry in order to make the
country .self-support ing, to encour-
age inyelitioli, and to eounteraet the
.']Ip<>sition of the times.
The Venetian liepublie, for instance,
granted' to -Galileo in 15SM a patent
p|| I'liising wati'r. Kveii piior to this
.late in England, the king accomled
royal protection! from time to ti.nie
to those1 who improved the' industrial
and coiiimereial Condition of his king-
.dom,
i'.he praetice of granting monop-
oiies was abused by the kings in Eng-
l'aiid who rewarded' iheii favorites
aiiii e.iurtiers in this manner, for tladr
loyal' S'ei'yioe.s, i'lie ,a:buself .iieeailie so
(aid, that in 1(124 the famous Statute
of .Monopolies was passed.
Under, this statute the crown was
io* mluen t i mailt aiij^ monopolies
except tihose speeifieti.lly provided
fiir. Prior l.o the formation of the
("nited , States, tho , variii.us eojonies
gljttilted patents; to , inVeiitdl'S,.
UNDEH THE fi|-s,t patent act in
the l'nited Stiatdi-, the Act of
IT'O, no inventpr ;had; to.niake a pe-
tition t"i,ii■ a patent !to the, secretary
of state, the secietaiy of Wat, and
the: attpihiey fgeneral,. After du^; de-
iilie'i-tttlii.iii of j; these' |i 'officers < "of the
ii i i iw i >•« ni) eJthtv1 (tHrt hiddin -enwenllj 'life has no purpose. Si v.
j i'l'iirii: :':v'(.iiiti'f;' '■ ] ,,;"i's, ,.running.'! tip ' again'sti'"''a
■fv v„ f OA.* <t.l ' it nth ' «TRW,'*i'a:ii ,v*'' ^
.'lisiAifei'l. ■
A Kiliill111 'nature '..proves:''' :to u:s:
H
c«me into posseanion of the Invention
was untitled to use it. This principle
of the common law caused inventors
to be secretive about their inventions.
Since an inventor at common law
was wholly unprotected, it became
necessary to grant to him exclusive
privileges for the protection of his
invention In order to bring about its
disclosure. Patents granted for in-
ventiotis gave the inventor the power
and right to exclude others from en-
joying and utilizing his invention.
The patent laws merely protect
the inventor and grant to him for a
limited period of time the privilege
of excluding others from in any way
making use of his invention. In this
way, the public does not have some-
thing taken away from it, as many
people seem to think, but is merely
restrained from suing the invention
for limited periods.
Patents ure intended as a reward
to inventors for disclosing their in-
ventions to the public and us a stim-
ulus to the progress of arts and
sciences.
TN ORDER' to appreciate the extent
£ of the problem it is necessary to
know what results of research can be
protected under the existing patent
laws. The la\y provides that: Any
person who has invented or discover-
ed any new and' useful art, machine,
manufacture, or composition of mat-
ter, or any new and useful impiove-
ments therj'^fv l ■ . not known or used
by others in this country before, his
invention or discovery thereof . . .
may upon .payment ;pf. the1 fees , re-'
ipiired by law . . . obtain a patent
therefor, - ! : •.j-.-.,!;;
1 A patent: gives the owniir the right
to exclude others front making, us-
ing or selling tin1 invention through-
out the United States and territories
thereof for a period oT 17 years. The
patentee can enforce his, rights by
bringing action against infringers in
a federaT court which will eiif'o.rce all
arisen Is "What are the present evils
and abuse* of the patent laws that
might be abolished by changes in
the present law?" Unfortunately the
hearings of this bill for those in
favor of It have not been held and
probably never will be. But the fol>
lowing evils under the present patent
laws are either stated or implied:
Ii. Larger corporations maintain
high prices.
2. Advantages of the progress of
science are withheld from the public.
3. Patent® owned by larger cor-
porations are .sometimes suppressed,
4. Unfair prices or trade practices
prevail.
5. The supply of patented products
is sometimes restricted to a point in-
sufficient to satisfy the public de-
mand.
Changing Views On Patent*
JHERE FORMERLY individuals
invented and patented new pro-
ducts and devices, today about 80
per cent are held by corporations.
Nearly all of those held by individ-
uals are "crackpot" ideas that have
no commercial value. Therefore the
present patent laws are protecting
large corporations that develop and
invent new things in their research
laboratories Instead of individuals.
Of course, any legislation that
would make research in the labora-
tory unprofitable would be dis st-
kous. On the other hand, public in-
A MOTHER argument against the
A bill: it would encourage secret
proeesses rather than patents. With
©very company and individual using
his discovery with ty)! thought of
ever in the future revealing it to the
public, the buyers would have to pay
the manufacturer whutever price he
placed on his invention.
Under our present patent l«wsj
new discoveries are available for gen-
eral use after 17 years of monopoly
by patent holders. Thus sooner or
later all new idens become available
to anyone, arid we can use them in
further advancement of science and
industry.
Wihat a tremendous task it would
be for-every organisation or person
to have to start from scratch and
develop every step in the building up
of each particular art, Everyone of
us has learned to profit by the many
tedious hours of research and study
of those before us, and start froth
there with our research and study.
At this point it would be well to re-
call that patents recorded iu Chemi-
cal Abstracts make up today 20 per
cent of all patents issued iu the
United States.
Thus patent files and literatures
provide us with a never ending source
of knowledge of chemical processes
and industries. The patent library
serves as a good and convenient
method fpr preserving and collecting
terest.-can often be served better if i chemical information.
the findings from one research lab-|mHE QNLY monopoly that the pro-
oratory are made available for other J[
ENGLA
■S'tfw
laws grant monopolies that ure In-
consistent with the present day eoj'i-
ceptions -of' ecouomlc . equality ityul,!.
legislations pertaluing to monopo-
lies, ; i
How Americans Feel
AND .AljkD si^me ''oilier of
European countries have
compulsorypatent licensing laws,
but those laws were enacted primar-
ily to compel the manufacture of
American inventions in those count-
ries, Under our present patent laws,
American inventive genius ami scien-
tific progress flourished as in no
other country in the world at any
time.
•Morse, Bell, Edison, Tesla, Uaeke-
land, Millikan, Howe, MeCormick
and Westinghouse are only a few of
the great army of American inven-
tors who have given to the world the
most, and the greatest inventions ami
scientific discoveries. Our patent sys-
tem has unquestionably b e e n the
major contributing factor that gave
the United States this position of
leadership.
Almost all engineers will agree
that the world leadership in inventive
genius belongs to the United States.
All will also agree that there should
be no legislation that promises to en-
danger this leadership. To this end,
engineering designers, research work-
ers and inventors should voice their
opinions and submit information sp
that any changes in the patent law
that might be made will be sound fthd'
companies.
Thus there will be an inter-lic-
ensing of patents between all manu-
facturers in each particular field. On
the plane of scientific knowledge
that we have reached, it is impossible
for any one group to really invent
something Useful without taking ad-
vantage of the discoveries of others.
The bald statement that the pres-
ent system is not working in public
interest and that the patent priv-
ileges granted are being abused ar6
not sufficient. It is hardly possible
for anyone to offer constructive crit-
icisms and suggestions for the im-
provement of the present patent laws
valid claims of the patentee. _ __ ,
The inventor, can transfer his right| l"'lMS, t U' ||ls M
0K
ative
interest in the patent,or he can re-
tain tit|e and issue : licenses undei
Ifis'.patent.by' suitable agreeineiit' ivith
those parties whom lie, chooses. Iii
such event the inventor,' can stipu-
late all his conditions, of license.
MARCH JJOy li):.{8, Mr. McFar-
lahe of the house: of*Represent-
es introduced the bill, known as
HR "lOOflH, However, it was not the
first bill that had been introduced
to Congress. Other bills dealing with
revision of our patent laws to pro-
vide for ^compulsory licensing of pat-
ents had been considered as early as
HHP. None of them, 'including this
later hill of Mr. McFarlane, have
ever come before Congress; all have
[iiilpt1 Inn;) wfri'u b 'thii,
:i l;
I-:hi"- S|fj
. ■ i,ii '.Hi'i.'iiiiiti.j:.''., I'Bjpi'j-W fiil aii: im-
I i ► in) pA lit tlKii ■ i'tiflfa'tlon wfiw
|t!"„■", 4f in*
evei:! ||'||||||| 1! >bl']gi}Ujry;
u-is ij.i've «site'i this ipiesi"
i i, ': | . a . 1(.■ i ' it.'icaily-iU-fined evoss-
. -4 .. . ir'.rn to c.m,<t: "Should
. . -tit:.:-ttUrn ••iHi.rscV ill •'•.•ih'ges bo
I a;:, ' ,i m puliioi > "
VKS, uij ' | i'1 , 1
' \,:'hsiu;p'e|.r';.f:etit'
■ill ilfifltf
i i 1.14,: I, ftljl ■ it Ii u1ft) lit - ,hai'l;'
: |:.i:n-'iI: .'^',<"".1 I'V-rhapk':'■>!' 'Mjpjl j what is the purpose of the life of the
I i^nlf|il|W^'j l^lfi*"1 lf|t' ;1 ha 1 the pip I indiviilual:'.'
itilv.:i w!'/..iyiei1-!:i.tf:ith!,o- Wmivt:h; aivii jMjjjt.l ' Once, 'nur,' u.- turn to' evolution to
n! Jjifiwr;wo'n'i'i:Ti':j'f)T('fl;'a''h'''ansvver;T3v.l');lut'ib.ir'iS''tlie,st:or,y
- ni' tiie Itii.tfCiVs': Men -agree iof the progresses of life up'yiii'd, in
| fAVry'iehor'e." 't all t|pt (vistoi-y, of life no hiatter how
S)i> !Kj 1)r t'il'MjhiV; majority, a Ninth- insignificaht any individual in a spec
iS'Mlfe.; 'I'I'flll'lieriS-. hollej'e ju.11-
'ksriil:.1 "KirxV.>..^J.i;ii .:i!tt,ie.i>,ii:'Khol'ij<'f 'have1
I , 'lut I'litflW 111 'iiM'Sii t clh|i'll^-dtii ing
'Sijt'iie' believe^ uppei'-
II 11' i'i on Ij hoiij|(l receive iris true*
i',,u);. .A liaylor tlfiit.yersi.ty Pied leal
•.ii'ient would inc'Hid'e I pei'sohal; hy-
f.r.ie!ie aiid' capses rinit i'rtsiiiitf". Pt' ve-
fiensil .lisensi:; Hijwpwjr, ther^ are
many wh-i li'-lieve ai! sex .natters
sbv>vSi'''be lel'l. to' tbe pai iiiit-,, and a
\ill t hu e ,tei n Mioeil deela'ie--, " Vol!
-.iiptilil i'i. 1 ■ yotir doctor for that in-
!■ ti'iiint,if)iil" In fOaie.". colleges 1u-
ilerps sa,\- ■ there' is not,'!enoughlj room'
in . tie:' Wi'u^iki s offeied Others, want
v'jliii.tary I'ourseii'-biily.
lit Amelijfa the moven^'W;toward
inoi e. svcixi,- '••eivKtu'i.ieui.:■ illWh^d'ii Jill!
IP III timh r the leadeijftiiip of. Dr.
I'i itice A".' 'Mprih'dw. Si-x education
'.111 ft. largest' .se'iise rha's i b'een ' defined
as that, 1 lW$uduiu scientific, social,
ethieai. and ' religious: instruction and
influence tliat ma;, in some way, di-
III tly 01 uidiiectiy; help young peo-
ple |o solve the Sex. problems that
will ineviitnbly be, etieountert-d by
every norm
a MMm would'''be. ■ is-- ... . ,
sued if a;ny fl|;ie ..f them appi..veii killed in the committee rooms,
tin- apj.'lication. | : The ; substance of this latest bill
not lie' At: a later i.ieriod. a patent apjili-J ['-"ovules that: (1). the a])plicant shall
1 cation was mai'le to the secretary of; '""ku .oath that he lielieves himself
state alone. With the development of !il" original and first inventor
conclusively 'that, anything in tiie | .wuntry,; the necessity for a Sep- ^ t.i:e ^art, machine, niantifacture,
.world 'w'i'iicb1 is usides^..1i.'nd Jacks 'pii'r- jai'titc (U:-piirtnient: to handle patent comi.osition or impi'ovenient for
p'^se 'diftieilerates ' scfe'tv after if is | matters, became urgent. ||p he, solicits , a^patent, ihe text
eiftiafeil. A , study pf.'tlie iody iir of! ' ifeflfin 1'vi,; '#||l ;l!l :K"' !" «1Vl- the usual require-
paioiftoB'igy will jirove this to us at Ahil'il autiiorized the| establishment )or-patents, M a description
; -of a Patent Office under the direc-
.AtVepflhgvvhiS:':',':afs;'::,tl-!:i:e, the '' Very ];S il <'ommissioner: of PatentSL
f;u t that Jifi; exists and has through- ^ ostal| li«hinent a Patent
ott.t' liiVtiitii:' ages .kept improving ['-'I tiee. the'foundation ol the present
rh;.,'w;s u£* Immediately tlpit life must system of patent procedure was laid,
ha ve iome, purpose. Now than, it" life, Tn' ' 'mfe now appears under
a,- ,! w;hl>le ,has' a purpose., the true Ih'' 1 "'I'1" tmcnt ..f Commerce.
n.ituie uif w)ji('h ' pply Cod knows, : liawi- ti/ Patent Issuance
ITN'DHU The coiiinion hiw an in-
U ventor had property rights'' in
his inyiivitioii only so long as ho.kept
•it a secret. If the iSecriit became
Uno.viti anybody who legitimately
ies1 has been it has contributed its
lA.'ti smaii bit in the development of
race as n whole
c
OR KESPC.tN 111 NO I j\ , man. has'the The
person.,,
Football ("oach Dick Harlow has
been .appointed curator of oology in
the Harvard University museum of
lonipnritlvc xoology. Oology is the
collection arid study of eggs.
Why worry when you break your
fountain Pen or Pencil? Just take It
to the Fountain Pen Hospital, they re-
pair all makes. HOI Kress lildtfa
F-7918.
•same situation present in his
own life history. Kuthing in nature is
wasted, and all of us influence life
as a whdle: in at least two ways.
First, the biologist tells us Unit
physically through reproduction we
hand down a bit of ourselves as im-
mortal. germ plasm which lives long
after "lis and is handed down in turn'
by iJjMffl children to the,r thildi-eit and
ii||l into the future.
Secondly, we contribute something
to life as a 'whole through our actions,
thoughts, and words all of which
influence others about us and live
long after we are gone, i
The truth is that the real purpose
Unit man should -have : in life is to
lmjiiove himself in the , right ways
and that by his<vwn strength for-
self-betternient to help the race as a
whole, It mijafht be well to point out
that in this truth not only have we
found a real purpose in life, but also
an actual scientific basis for the
idea of the immortal personality.
BUT LET us get a little closer to
home. One of Mr. Horton's sec-
ond thoughts was that since God is
too great a force for man to compre-
hend, lie cannot exist, in man. Our
conclusion from this can only be that
Mr. Horton believes neither in a soul
not in immortality.
1 know little more about immortal-
ity than what I have already said.
Such is far too great a subject for
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Page One
oral Europeiin war this year or next
yeuY or any year. Well, 110 time soon.
8
17 Nobody'S got enough
dough tli keep a nice, bloody war
going iu t,|ie style to which prppiu
(fandized peoples are accustomed, and
Spaiii aiid Chinst have -managed to
prove that's 'the only kind of vvar in
.style this'>iHl!s0.nl'';;:''::' {' .' 1'
SbtOHtso-o-i^ unless Hitler squeezes
enough Marks out of his rapidly-
swelling Mittelcuropa to, finance a
really .bang-nti affair, it aiii't gonna
war no more, . ,
Unless.
g. W;
r
rticul-
wdngs
man to comprehend. Yet, 1 am fully
convinced that some intangible, un-
jdj'ing something must :exist! !fn ,,man
la,-Sides, his mind that distinguishes
him from the animal.
if man possesses only ; a body and
li logicpl mind then to. what is it in
him that majestic mountains, great
music, beautiful |)oetry, aii(Jj friend-
ship, personality and love appeal?
Just as there is in the uwc of the
universe something too great for the
mind to understand, there surely is
something just as intangible, mag-
nificent and inexplicable in the heart
of man.
Call it what you 'Will, il in there
and no one who is human can doubt
its presence. Many of us call this
thing a soul,
THE LAST of Mr. Horton's state-
ments was that complete hap-
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w
of the invention,: along With
•lab," specifications, and
thereof.
For the first fiNVyears of the pat-
ent. K'rant the inventor shall have the
exclusive right to make, use and
v nd thy invention or distovery. A
previous bill had set this time limit
to be three years.
(2) At any time after the expir-
ation of five years from the date of
issuance, of a pnU'tit any person who
1 an present satisfactory evidence
that the patent is not being used, or
that the domestic supply is insuf-
ficient to satisfy public demand, or
tliat unfair trade practises or pricek:
prevail, he may file an application
fo.i^ a license for the said patent.
1 SHALL also file evidence that
he is an interested party pos-
sessing the financial ability to manu-
facture such a patent, that public
interest will be advanced if he is is-,
sped tiie license. . ,
Tim Comniissioner of Patents,
after satisfying himself as to the
merits of the 'application, notifies the
holder of the patent and: other inter-
ested parties that such implication
has 'been made. Now the holder of
the patent has thirty- days in which
to appear before the Oonimissioner
of Patents to show why such a lic-
ense should not be granted. If just
reason is ndt presented, or if the
holder of the patent does not appear
at all, the license is issued: . ;
This bill was referred to the Com-
mittee on Patents and after eight
days of hearings from those opposed
to the bill, the committee recessed
indefinitely. As matters now stand,
there is nri possibility of this bill
being put before Congress until next
January. Furthermore, indications
are that it never will. "It is crazy,"
said one member of the committee.
F THIS is the case, why talk about
it? Because there is every indi-
cation that those in favor of a re-
vision in the patent law have been
using it as a feeler to see what sort
of opposition to revision they might
expect.
Naturally, the first question that
>111 are stated specifically. Too
the attempted cure brings with
systel
often
it a whole new flock of evils that
are more destructive than j.tho cure
is, constructive.
ACS Opposes Hill
POP OVER a year now the Ameri-
JT can Chemical Society, and many
otliiir groups interested jn a revision
of the patent law from the small
company and individual chemist
standpoint have been presenting ar-
guments against the proposed bill.
Probably the main objection is that
the bill would seriously retard re-
search and progress.
Note that for only the first five
years of a patent does the inventor
have the exclusive right to maintain
and use his discovery. What individ-
ual in1 company proposes to spend
much time and money developing ii
pew aitgle on his business, Which he
cari utilize lis an advantage over, his
competitors for such a short time
as five1 years?
The proposed bill would destroy all
hopes of nine out of ten chemists
working in private laboratories, in
college laboratories, in research oil
gaimntions, and in chemical plants
over the country who have the dream
of some day making a discovery
which they can patent and receive a
sort of pension for their efforts.
There would be 110 profit incen-
tive for research with its incidental
costs. Such a law would therefore
serve to put the brakes on industrial
progress, for who would buy a patent
for a process that he could obtain at
the expiration of five years for no
cost at all ?
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posed bill would destruy is the'eiiduringly constructive
natural limited benefieieut monopoly! — —
which' "the, patent system is intended ~
to foster and whicli has been potent
ill our country's progress and devel-
opment-
The, destruction of this monojioly
will injure the small investors and
small business far more it.haii. ,big
businesses by taking from ,them their
chief protection now given by pat-
ents wdiich is the exclusive right for
seventeen years of noh-compotitiv.o
0 p p'o r tu tli ty for devel o 11 me ti t.
A great number of WashiiiK'lun
press, correspondents freely expressed
the bpinioti that the McFarlane hills
were introduced to establish tile na-
ture of the objections to • c.uppulsory
licensing. With these Objections rais-
ed, it woUld lie possible to draft a
Pew bill based oil the supposition
that (I) the public is the rightful
claimant Of the cretltm; work, of the
individuals to the extent that the pat-
entees has no right to withhold an
invention which might contribute to
the welfare and progress of the peo-
ple: (2) large corporations, some
holding thousands of patents, a ma-
jority of them, dormant, constitute
a menace ; to technological progress
in that these: corporations have no
more right to withhold these creative
works from the public than the in-
ventor; and CO the present patent
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