New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-16
AR STATEMENT OF FOREIGN PATENTS.

In cvery country but Great Britain and the United
States patent must be worked" within certain time
that k the article patented must BE- Manufactured and put
ON sale. Take an invention for Instance tbot an a."
patentIng England there they don't require mat II
should worked. but i cannot take the patnt IN any
other country world for tho ruson that 1t costs too
much 70 make 10 without order IL + boat calhd
an ronclad DESTROYER for nrine under The plating Of
shin With submarine gsn 1t cost sl.looooo 70 make
10 It is Therefore absurd aimpt 70 take ratent-
in any other country abroad. as connot make II without
MI order which might cot get in years
Other points Of discrimination against American inyen.
tors ore the cot Of the patents. the price paid A. the
0rst ins.aent tho and the duration OF he patent
The total OF mixing out paint In fhgNd
and keeping IL alive for fourteen ycan 1910
lncludlla the Axs-. These taxes have to be
usid AZ certain time and certain dag
er the patent lap-es. In 1898 took out English
10 toni for ctnalare fcloatnR metallic cartridge case
which Is In all over the world Hessr> Newtn
sons directed n the annuitc- on nv patent
but they allowed lt " lapse falling The
a certain day This patent estimated At the Line Ia
England 3, worth hall million dollars: Vet he'd no
whatever the decision OF he commissioning being
mai. Ny aid that they overlooked the mater.
but whether they did whether they received money
from .he English cartridge makers brlbc u induce
them 70 allow my patent 70 iAps all come, u The -amc
thing with Nv agent had failed me and the Govern
gand redress. tic English manufacurefs aud
the Government Got the free Use Of my Invention at once
There another condition which i Liable 70 wok much
hardship 1t that Il publication. II somr one has
newspaper or priodcal prior TO the date Of
YOUR latent something would enable skilled IA
the article. your paint IL of no value In
Austria they adot>d my metallic cartridge and gave large
orders their citizens. without eonscnung to com
pcnsat- me IA any way for NY nycnto0 brought
suit there and after about n'" OF hN years.
costing me many thousands Of dollars. the court
decided that my patent invalid on the ground
that the authorities had a notice a newspaper g.
the Tat Goeui Eerian had invented metal r.
cartridge capped OUTSIDE, Tat could BE- reloaded They
delight treating just that way, and they wsut do
Thing 70 change their laws until force them do It
by retaliation
It noy -c,m strange that W. In America should look
uron tn. subject different from the people oi
European COUNTRIES. But laeh i hunded years. and
We much ahead Of them thea. We CAV" the Ia
,eaor, no more encouragement that time than European
counties give them but look how wr have improve
cur patcn, laws. II has taken years Of oNpcnce
to sati,fy The public how they should treat n'enier-to
encourage rather ton throw obstacles IN the OF
ot.ting cr rights aud the IN pOrtdnt inventions which
have followed in consequence apparent 70 all. We
have an excellent law, aud thi, bill sc-. In jess than
,y,nty.GNe yeats European count les viii adopt law.
and then American inventors VIII have some chance IN
COMPETITION with foreign inventors. - IL Is We
have al the inventive genius In Europe In compct-
ton with ~, and not placed On an
even footing with them because our mveh-
tor. cannot In the majority Of afford e. patent Their
Inventions over there with all the conditions demanded
while a man who lives there apply hero and II
hl, invention is new give him absolute and iircyocd
l, prot-etion for Of his patent with linit,
lions and At very small expense ond he being on hand
in his own country attend personally to TIE payment
Of annuluas all other details. lhis srhcn" oI Feel
roclty-forced reciprocity retaliation whatever you
kehould be enacted, else the conditions which hamper
the foreign systems viii h. changed slowly II eyer for ia
oiher countrcs they do not appreciate the Hpo lance OF
inventors any more than We did century lec