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in any other [[strikethrough]] country [[/strikethrough]] foreign country. [[red underline]] Each case to be decided by itself. [[/red underline]] Furthermore to try to obtain product [[strikethrough]] pat [[/strikethrough]] claims and not rely too much on chemical process patents which are difficult to enforce because it is so difficult to find evidence of infringement.
[[red underline]] Weger readily [[/red underline]] consented to drop several ^[[European]] patents which require renewal fees.
[[underline]] Nov 5. [[/underline]] Suggested [[red underline]] Stieglitz or Whitaker [[/red underline]] for Chandler Medal to McKee over phone. - Told him Stieglitz preferred because he is so much older than Whitaker who can wait awhile
[[underline]] Nov. 6 [[/underline]] To night went to presentation of [[redundelrine]] Graselli [[/red underline]] Medal to Dr. [[red underline]] Redman [[/red underline]] at the [[strikethrough]] main fo [[/strikethrough]] big room of Hotel New Yorker 8.P.M. Redman made an excellent address
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on [[strikethrough]] Research [[/strikethrough]] "Industrial Research as a fixed charge". Well delivered, in which she showed the chances of loss or gain and how the chance of loss increased rapidly with the increase of number of subjects. - He seems to have adopted some of the views which I have tried to develop. that the [[underline]] time factor. [[/underline]] i.e. the unknown period which elapses between beginning of research and a successful development until the stage of net returns begins is generally overlooked and has caused financial disasters by those who are too optimistic - He made an excellent ^[[personel]] impression on the platform [[strikethrough]] even [[/strikethrough]] better than any sitting around him.
This is the first time since over 30 years that an event of the kind here in New York among chemists