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sales remained without increase and we [[red underline]] must expect [[/red underline]] a [[strikethrough]] further [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] reduction in sales in November and December [[/red underline]] as [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] happened in every former year. I showed to Swan - Sanford Brown - Alan Brown. Gordon Brown. Geo B Rossi & Redman my observations as to present situation.
After Sanford Brown, Rossi and finally George B had made some [[red underline]] further changes [[/red underline]] to the [[red underline]] French contract, [[/red underline]] signed it and gave a copy to Weger for his information it will be mailed to Sachs & Stauer by tomorrow steamer. We all now agree on the wording and [[red underline]] I am glad I got rid [[/red underline]] of this disagreeable task. [[/red underline]]- Weger thinks it is very fair. told also to Weger that in
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the future we [[red underline]] shall discontinue taking out patents in foreign countries at our expense [[/red underline]] and intend to drop all patents except Germany & England unless they want to keep them up
He agrees with me and thinks we took out too many patents I also [[red underline]] lectured Dodson and Nielsen [[/red underline]] and Operating Committee against future transgressions to the rule that [[red underline]] no patents shall be files anywhere without my formal consent. [[/red underline]] That the rule is to postpone ^[[defer]] filing American patents as long as it is not dangerous to do so. - Then keep patent pending and towards end of [[strikethrough]] yea [[/strikethrough]] [[vertical red line in left margin]] International conventions patent period, determine whether to file in Germany or England and only in exceptional cases [[/vertical red line in left margin]]