The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-26
TO GIVE
 M0N0P0LIES IN
 PATENTS AGAIN
Laws Be Modelled After Those of Germany or
 United States
GOVERNMENT BUYS SOME
Inventors Have Better Chance Because of
 Economic System

MOSCOW, March 26.--The re-es- tablishment of patent monopolies in Russia on the lines of the patent laws of either America or Germany is but matter of short time, ac- cording to Ludwig, chief of the Scientific Technical Department of the Russian Government and chair man of the committee on inventions. The Council of Commissioners has the subject under consideration, and the sudden rush of applications for patents is an indication that some- thing is in the wind
 Martens, who is we'll known in America, is himself an inventor and during his six years residence in New York took out several American patents.
 In 1914 the highest point of Rus sian invention was reached, the CZar Government in that year granting 2,500 patents out of 5,400 applica- tions. In 1917 patents to the number of 786 were granted, but with the victory of the Bolsheviks all mon opolies were abolished. In 1919 a decree was passed granting to in- ventors the right to claim reward, and since that time many valuable inventions have been rewarded by the Soviet Government.
 Must Be Useful
 "Our handling of the patent privi- leges will differ from that of other countries in this" said Martens. "We examine the invention both for nov city and for usefulness. We shall grant patent rights only to mechani- cal contrivances which have some value in production. There are now on file 4,SO3 applications for patent rights. Of these 2S0 have passed the tests of both novelty and utility. We deal only with industrial inven- tions. Literary productions can claim no reward from the Govern ment, although authors have the ex- elusive right of publication. Trade marks are protected by law"
 'In other countries it is common ly said," I remarked, 'that the man. ufacturers rather than the inventors reap the greater rewards from the patent laws. How will you protect the inventors?"
 Government Industry
 "In other countries the inventor is financially weak, while the manu- facturer is strong" replied Martens. 'In Russia industry is largely in the hands of the Government. If man has made an invention which the Government finds of great use to the country it will assist him to man ufacture it. For instance, a young Russian workingman at Nizhney Nov ogorod, Mamin, happily endowed with American energy and organizing ability, has been provided with fla cilities for manufacturing the trac- tor he has invented, which is es- pecially adapted to Russian condi- tions.
 'In other cases the Government has bought the patent outright. Among the important inventions which the Government has rewarded are several in the peat industries several in radio-technique, excellent devices in wireless telegraphy and wireless telephony. The Tursar pro- cess of color printing, which prints all the colors at one stroke, was handsomely rewarded. From S5,ooo to S1OOO,OO0 has been paid by the Government for various inventions. Our workingmen are offering import ant inventions. Among them are coal cutting machine and nail making machine. We shall grant patents to foreigners who file the applications where the inventions fulfill the necessary conditions, and we expect many applications"