The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-07-18

Wireless Can or Cannot Do and
With 1000 to 5000 Others Pending,
the Patent Office Staff Charged With
Granting Wireless Patents Is One of
Busiest Places in Capital.
Everybody knows the wonders of
the wireless. but only a few really
comprehend the vast field covered by
the science OF photography. There is
perhaps but a single place in all Amer
lea where one can grasp to certain
extent the scope of the wireless. That
is the United States patent Office Go
there and you probably will be referred
to Dr. William A. Kinnan, assistant
commissioner of patents, and if DR..
Kinnan is not too busy he will tell you
some things about communication you
never knew before, says the New York
Times.
1t would take weeks to go through
all the records and volumes to tell the
story of wireless as recorded in the
files of the patent office. With more
than one thousand patents involving ev-
cry imaginable thing that wireless can
or cannot do, and with between 1000
and 5000 others pending. the patent
office staff charged with the investiga-
ton and granting of wireless patents
is one of the busiest places in the ma
tional capital.
at is a pretty safe wager" said an
Official of the wireless division, ssthat
\.
less YOU can find out all about it some
where in our files. Patents granted
and patents pending number in the
thousands and every day the number
is increasing. This is particularly true
with reference TO wireless telephony.
the latest and perhaps the most Won
derfui OF the ranlo developments. Inc
majority o. me patents no" pencin2
or appneo lo' relate 70 'iie RECEIVING
phase Oh lhe Wirefess SCIENCE Win
TRANSMISSION SUGGESTIONS running
close second f'l'iureus oI otilers nave
to do with improving exlstlng patents
and these lnciude every inhaeinapie
prol'osl.ioh !'iN''''i NY u'o -
ability OF wireless. ~ ihaly inslan'eS
the new Ideas aoVanceu are iheri.oiious
ana worthy o. cohSiuelallon ny Tic
sclentlHc ana ihuus.Iiai Woiiu'
Inc men VINO are ueVo.ins 'neii iises
TO the STUDY " 'iiAs must "onueliui -
modern sclentlnc wonders couiu De pe ac-
curately llsteu ifoin me Hies l-.lie
pa1enl Once - "a 10 'no,
begins win Nlarcoiii aug T ieiiiins anu
Pupin ana elloS win f"uis men anu
women solhe s'', - 'ons az
known oulsiue " o"n
livery uas VI '"o 'ie" ''se -
TO the ilst ana lle eVei-iiicl easins NUN
per suggests Inc "onoeis ye' ~ ue
dlsuoseu as resul' u i"uio io'e"i ILL.,
Patents to Meet Every Neeo-
The New York Times correspondent
had the opportunity a few days ago to
glance through some of the patent rec
ords relating to radio development. or
course the inspection had TO do only
with patents already granted, for the
fully guarded as the money dies in the
mint
There was one patent for receiving
recently approved which, its
inventor believes, will make possible
The simultaneous reception OF sound
and wireless telegraph signals; another
referred to system for the radio con-
.rol of moving bodies'; another a
levice that silenced atmospheric
noises" in the case of the wireless tele-
phone. Still another was intended to
1rown noises incident to the setting !
lp of oscillations.
There are patents granted or pend
ng designed to control by wireless
,oats, aircraft and all sorts OF vehicles
Which it Is stated may be controlled
md guided in the direction OF a trans
hitting station. Another "slnlultane-
'us' device which has been approved
md granted the protection OF the pat
mt law IS eXpecleu 10 make possible
he simultaneous TRANSMISSION OF
peech and signals, and another con
emplates the sending OF wireless sig
als nnaer water, Wlllch, II successful
voula so long way toward soiVlhs
he communication problem involved
o the operation q submarines.