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[[left margin in red]] Ripper [[/left margin in red]]
to contest the Rossiter. U. S. patent owned by Cyanamid If not we are much dependant on it.  [[underlined]] Jan 5 [[/underlined]] George [[strikethrough]] came to tell [[/strikethrough]] told me yesterday [[strikethrough]] Jan 5 [[/strikethrough]] me that Rossi and Redman and S. Brown have struck an agreement for [[strikethrough]] enlisting [[/strikethrough]] ^[[enlisting]] the [[red underlined]] services of Ripper [[/red underlined]] without further payment than his royalties So I was glad that an acceptable agreement had been reached and I came to put on the final touches. To my astonishment everybody seemed worried and then I was told that [[red underlined]] Ripper [[/red underlined]] had [[red underlined]] discovered [[/red underlined]] that the [[red underlined]] Rossiter application had been beaten by Carleton Ellis [[/red underlined]] on account of one of his patents which was in interference. So we are further apart than before. George and Rossi want to meet Whitaker, to whom they were to tell that with
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[[left margin in red]] Ripper [[/let margin in red]]
[[red underlined]] Ripper [[/red underlined]] patents belonging to us under option we were in a position to try to force [[red underlined]] Unite [[/red underlined]] into a compromise and cross license of our patents, thus limiting the field to three of us: [[red underlined]] Cyanamid, [[/red underlined]] Unite and ourselves. 
[[left margin in red]] Carlton Ellis [[/left margin in red]]
George and Rossi thought that by our reputation and experience in the field of plastics we would have no trouble in acquiring first rank in the [[red underlined]] aminoplastics [[/red underlined]] as well as in Bakelite. But [[red underlined]] Whitaker [[/red underlined]] soon dispelled our illusions. [[red underlined]] Ellis [[/red underlined]] and his [[red underlined]] German associates of Unite are quarreling. Ellis [[/red underlined]] has a sure position, he gets 1 cent a pound royalty before anybody else! Furthermore [[red underlined]] Unite [[/red underlined]] has obligated itself to defend and prosecute all litigation at [[underlined]] its own exclusive [[/underlined]] expense, and [[red underlined]] Ellis is "riding" [[/red underlined]]