PATENTS CONNECTED WITH PUBLIC HEALTH FORBIDDEN

In order to guard against repetitions of the Drinker respirator controversy of last year, the Harvard Corporation yesterday announced that no patents primarily concerned with therapeutics or public health may be taken out by any member of the University, except with the consent of the President and Fellows, and that such patents would not be taken out by the University itself unless they are dedicated to the public. The University will, however, provide legal advice to anyone who desires steps to be taken to prevent the patenting by others of his discoveries or inventions.