Article ID: CBB001211899

Patents, Publicity and Priority: The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, 1897--1919 (2013)

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During the first decade of the twentieth century, the long cherished ambition of powered flight was finally achieved. For the amateurs who had been exchanging information freely in pursuit of this common goal there appeared the new prospect of a commercial aviation industry, which posed more acutely the dilemma of whether to continue such open exchanges or to seek private profits through trade secrecy and patent protection. The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain espoused an ethos of open communication yet its Journal (established in 1897) encouraged its readers to obtain patent protection. Our paper explores this dilemma and analyses, in particular, the strategic use of publication and patents by the leading aero- and motor-engineer, F. W. Lanchester (1868-1946). With 426 patent applications to his name, not only was Lanchester a prolific patentee; he was also a regular contributor to engineering journals and the author of important works on the theory of aerodynamics and the military deployment of aircraft. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Authors & Contributors
Arapostathis, Stathis
Bossoh, Nathan
Gudín de la Lama, Enrique
Ramirez, Enrique Gualberto, III
Booth, Brian J.
Withers, Charles W. J.
Concepts
Societies; institutions; academies
Engineering, aeronautical
Aeronautics; aviation
Patents
Aircraft; airplanes
Electricity; magnetism
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
France
United States
Spain
Russia
Ireland
Institutions
Société de Statistique de Paris
Statistical Society of London
Research Corporation (United States)
Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford)
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Oxford University
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