Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Sir Hector Hetherington regarding developments in Pontecorvo's patent application for the "method of synthesis of strains of micro-organisms used in industrial processes"

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/3/4/2/4/4
• Dates of Creation:Oct 1951-Feb 1952
• Physical Description:
  4 letters (6 pages)

• Scope and Content

  Pontecorvo writes that "there is no more than a hope that the method may be patentable" but that "with patent or without, the method is likely to lead to valuable industrial developments in certain fermentation industries".

• Personal Names

  Hetherington, Hector James Wright, 1888-1965, Knight, Social Philosopher, University Principal 1936-1961, Professor of Moral Philosophy 1924-1927, University of Glasgow, Scotland