§ l. Brigadier-General CROFTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether 1201 letters patent have been granted by the Patent Office to enemy aliens during 1917; and whether any patents since the War have been actually issued to German subjects resident in Germany?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Sir Albert Stanley)The reply to both parts of the question is in the negative. I am sending to the hon. and gallant Gentleman a copy of the procedure followed by the Patent Office in cases of applications for patents on behalf of enemy subjects.