From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Reminding staff about the importance of considering provisional patents for new ideas and ongoing work.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 147\3\ scan0050 | |
| Date | 1st February 1938 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten in blue ink] 1247 [Handwritten] To H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} [Struck through] To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} To HG. from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} To HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} [Struck through] To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} To Rd. from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} To Hu. from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Patents. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}14/EL.2.38 [Signature: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}] In view of the importance of our taking action to protect new ideas, this is to remind you to give consideration to the question of whether anything on which you are now working or which you have in mind should be provisionally patented. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||