Inventions at Your Service

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Excerpt from Inventions at Your ServiceAs a taxpayer you have bought and paid for the right to use numerous inventions which have been created for you by your Government. Since you may use these inventions without the payment of any royalties, fees or charges of any kind, you certainly want to know what these inventions are. Many agencies of the Federal Government have organized research lab oratories for making inventions. These laboratories are operated with public funds appropriated by Congress, and they come under the close scrutiny of Congress. Therefore, the inventions developed in these laboratories right fully belong to the public. You are entitled to know what these inventions are, and the purpose of this book is to furnish information of this kind with respect to one particular agency of the Government, namely, the Department of Agri culture.