Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Dr J C Cain, of the National Research Development Corporation, concerning their decision not to pursue his parasexual cycle patent application in Denmark due to objections from the Danish Patent Office

Date:
Aug 1960
Reference:
UGC 198/3/4/2/1/2
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Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Dr J C Cain, of the National Research Development Corporation, concerning their decision not to pursue his parasexual cycle patent application in Denmark due to objections from the Danish Patent Office. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The correspondence does not explicitly state what the objections were but Cain does comment that "in the light of the continued doubtful commercial value of the technique, I think the decision to let the Danish position go at this stage is sensible".

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Aug 1960

Physical description

2 letters (2 pages)

Biographical note

The National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) was a non-departmental government body established by the British Government to transfer technology from the public sector to the private sector. It was established by Attlee's Labour government in 1948 to meet a perceived need at the time to exploit the many products that had been developed during World War II by the Defence Research Establishments.

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