Lord WALLACE of COSLANYasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether it is the practice for patents to be taken out for completed projects of the Post Office Research Unit and if so what fees are paid by private industry for the use of such patents.
§ Lord BESWICKThis is a matter for the Post Office, but I understand that it normally patents its inventions when it is possible to do so. The use of these inventions by other organisations for non-Post Office purposes is subject to normal commercial arrangements.
House adjourned at eighteen minutes before eight o'clock.