§ 74. Mr. STANTONasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider the appointment of a permanent Inventions Committee, who shall be empowered to help and assist those poor people who have useful and practical inventions but no money or means of developing them and placing them upon the market; and if a special bonus will be given for any life-saving device, generous and pro rata to its life-saving value, thereby giving a stimulus to the nation's inventive genius in commerce, industry, and war?
Mr. ROBERTSIt is proposed to introduce a Bill containing Amendments to the Patents Act, some of which are expressly intended to assist poor inventors in the development and working of their inventions. The question of appointment of a permanent Inventions Committee has been brought to my notice, but I think it can be most conveniently considered when the proposals of the Bill are under discussion.