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and that I consider the German Patent office at least as good judges as Mr. Dyer.
But altho' we were convinced of the validity of our patents we were convinced also of long and extreme struggles before us which would distract our attention from the main object of our work and were willing to give them a license on an executable base provided this could be [[red underline]] arranged [[/red underline]] so that our patents were obviously recognized by them. They went out of room, then [[red underline]] deliberated about five minutes [[/red underline]] then reentered and
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announced [[red underline]] they were willing to accept the proposition [[/red underline]] and we would in the following days draw up the conditions so as to discuss them together before final ratification.
They all seemed pleased, especially [[red underline]] Aylsworth [[red underline]]. We too were pleased to have a big load from our heart. Hasslacher, Fish, Dubois and Townsend and myself went for supper to German Club. Then we drove to [[red underline]] Chemists Club Memorial[[/red underline]] meeting of [[red underline]] Loeb. [[/red underline]]  I spoke first, then Baskerville, Toch, etc. Felix Warburg was there and asked me my manuscript
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