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Fotosetter Patent - English or American?

Started by Mechanic, February 18, 2018, 05:57:42 AM

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Mechanic

February 18, 2018, 05:57:42 AM
Does this mean that the Fotosetter is an English invention or were the Americans just covering their backsides?
This is an extract from The New Scientist 1978
The document where I found this gave the date as 1938. I tried to check the patent number without success.


George Finn (Mechanic)
Gold Coast
Queensland
AUSTRALIA
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