§ Mr. MANVILLEasked the President of the Board of Trade if the Patent Office will pay special attention to the number of applications for letters patent in respect of admixtures of such bodies as alcohol, ether, kerosene, benzol, and toluol as motor fuels, in which applications no element of novelty, discovery, or invention appears to be disclosed; and if he will give instructions to the Patent Office to be especially careful not to hamper or prejudice the production or utilisation of new motor fuels by the creation of ground for litigation in respect of alleged master patents?
§ Sir R. HORNEFull and proper consideration will be given to all applications for patents in respect of inventions relating to new motor fuels before the patent is granted. The Comptroller of the Patent Office, in considering what is a proper subject of a patent, is, of course, bound by the provisions of the Patents and Designs Acts, in accordance with which he must act.