Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-04-13

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eignefs sEsaa the Ceut~snisl EKhioisiOa.
the rnsrveicas growth Il tins eauntry in
the useful arts - a. traced in large part to
the working Of its pa.ent laws. which
stimulate and foster new inventions and
Improvements more efectuAlly than do
the laws of any other country.
The essential distinction between the
scheme proposed and the existing method,
is that one gives the patent only to the
inventor; the other, to any applicant.
The injustice of allowing q patent to
anybody who may first apply seems evil
dent; it encourages robbery from the
inventor. 1t results, for instance, in Eng
land, that no sooner is o new invention
proclaimed here or anywhere else in the
world, than, if the thing seems likely to
be of any value, some Englishman ap-
plies for patent on it in his own coun-
try and in his own name. To obviate the
loss of the chance of patenting their in
ventions in England, American inventors
are now in the habit Of Withholding the
announcement Of their inventions here
till they can obtain their English patents.
The great advantage of an American pat
ent is that it has undergone examination
as to the originality of the discovery.
Sometimes the question of invention has
to be afterward tested in the courts, but
most of the Patent Office decisions are
sustained. Hence, for comparatively
small fee, the patentee gets an opinion
On the validity Of his claims, which would
cost him hundreds or thousands of dol
lars if he had to procure it through paid
attorneys or lawsuit. As soon as an
inventor gets a patent, now, he can sell it
upon the presumption that it is valid, and
get price that bears some relation to
the value of the invention. Great num-
bers of small patents are thus obtained
and sold. They bring all sorts of prices,
from the bare cost of patentiDg up to
thousands of dollars. Even when hum
sdred or more of such small patents are
they bring remunerative prices. But il
the patents were issued on the English
plan, and their validity must be tested by
the courts before their value could be
known, the small inventions would no
longer appear at the Patent Office, and
this country would soon cease to hold the
front rank in ingenious improvement
N. Y. Tribune.
THE announcement that the House
Committee on Education and Labor will
favorabiy report upon o bill providing
for the distribution Of the proceeds of the
sales of public lands among the States,
for educational purposes, is gratifying in
the extreme. The enactment of such
measure by Congress will be one Of the
bright spots in natura! legislation. and
Can not be opposed except possibly by
those rsbid individuals who are de-
nouncing Government aid to any object
whatever. The first grant Of land for
school purposes Was made by C1ngress in
1855, when q section in each township
was granted for common schools. Since
then the total grants of land comprise
s5..s.,7ll acres. Of which 81 ,Ses- Si4
acres were the school sectioHs. directly
fx the b~seft of the commoa schools.
ssd . COO DO acres were fof collcges cf
agriculture xsd the Deehsusesl Mia Tse
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