Patents of inventors and mass production

In some cases, the inventor did not apply for a patent until the company had "fine-tuned" the invention, and after that they issued a joint patent. Since patenting is expensive, both sides saved on it, in case additional work and market opportunities eventually forced them to abandon this idea.


The selection of the appropriate companies for certain offers did not go beyond the quick sorting procedure. We had at hand an extensive list of all the industrial firms in Birmingham — about 2,200 small firms alone — and the range of products they produced. In each individual case, preference was given to the smallest association that could manufacture and market the product, as we believed that such an association could respond more quickly to our proposal. Moreover, the invention would give the greatest results in this case. If it turned out that a really good offer could get lost due to the fact that it went beyond the range of products manufactured in Birmingham, we looked for a suitable industrial company elsewhere - sometimes at a distance of up to 160 km. The cooperation with the companies was so close that often, if they could not master the production, they themselves recommended whom to contact.


Thanks to the 1971 Project, many companies were able to sell products at low cost that they would not have been able to develop and master, including one product that otherwise would probably have been manufactured outside the United Kingdom. I and other industry relations staff were constantly accepting offers of a wide variety of assistance regarding new types of goods. We have recruited experts to guide us in the field of production economics, industrial design, and the use of materials and technological processes that are new to manufacturing companies. It was exactly the kind of work that can be expected from a technological university that cooperates with industry, especially in the field of incentives and the search for new opportunities. In turn, many representatives of the industrial community got acquainted with the field of activity and objectives of the university.


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