V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v52;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

TO THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY

I request you to answer the following questions:
1. How many applications for inventions have been examined since the department was set up, and how many are still pending?
2. How many have been 1) recognised as useful, 2) put into practice (name the most important).
3. The procedure and time-limit for examining each invention and the further handling of the matter.
4. Can any invention be put into practice by any institution without the approval of the Inventions Department of the Science and Technology Department?
5. Is the Inventions Department of the Science and Technology Department aware of

a) the invention of a substitute for sole leather made by Baryshnikov, and if so, what
action has been taken in this matter; b) the invention*

Who is at the head of the Inventions Department? 11

13/XI-20. Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars, Lenin