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130 [[vertical marginal entry in red pencil]] Patent Reform [[/marginal entry] to keep working clause as a reciprocity Club with which to help in submission other countries like England, France etc. who now used working clause to the detriment of foreign investors - He fully agreed and promised to work in that direction. - I suggested that at next conference of International Convention we ought to amend the existing rules and insist that countries belonging to the convention should [[underline]] print [[/underline]] the patents issued by them instead of merely offering them to the public in typewritten or written form as is the case with Belgium, thus making a good search impossible in as [[end page]] [[start page]] 131 far as neither Germany nor Washington possessed all issued Belgian patents. He agreed enthusiastically and madenote of my suggestion. - [[underline]] I feel I have accomplished some good here. [[/underline]] Left each other in very friendly spirit. Met Geheimrat [[underline]] Lehne [[/underline]] below, who told me that it [[underline]] was quite unusual for a non accredited non official foreigner to be given opportunities of examining Patent office and discussing matter with a big guru like Robolski whose position in the Empire is only subordinate to that of the [[/underline]] Secretary of the Empire. Took lunch at Topfer. then drove to office met Segal, Moser; wired to [[underline]] [[Quissel?]] [[/underline]] [[Scheide Aristalt?]], [[underline]] Knoll [[/underline]]