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[[in pencil]] 12 [[/in pencil]] rested. Spent most of the night studying patent situation. To office about noon Swan there: reports [[red underline]] [Hatch?]] [[/red underline]] says [[red underline]] his experts claim that there is no [[/red underline]] difficulty avoiding my patents. Would not use anything but his own trademark anyhow. [[red underline]] Gifford [[underlined]] for lunch at Drug Club. Tells me [[red underline]] [[Heinmetz?]] [[/red underline]] is enthusiastic about condensation - products whether it be condensite or bakelite. I told him about some of our high tests and [[end page]] [[start page]] [[in pencil]] 13[[/in pencil]] explained to him latest 27000 volts for m.m. tests for condenser plates. Told him also what could be done with [[red underline]] Liquid A No 10 [[/red underline]] [[red line leading to note in upper margin: "with NaOH"]] etc. Promised him new impregnating material with which we are busy now and which will give high disruptive tests and still harden and where there is no solvent to expel. [[red underline]] Saunders [[/red underline]] came in. A very busy day. Oct. 10. [[red underline]] Slept well for the first time since many days. [[/red underline]] Very busy in laboratory and on telephone until noon. Hurried lunch then with Celine motored to