Description:Ralph Wedgwood the Inventor
Ralph Wedgwood had patented an idea for a device that allowed writers to make numerous copies of documents as they were being written.
The idea was basically similar that of carbon copying.
Protecting Ideas
Wedgwood had patented the idea and had produced a series of products for various purposes based on the same concept.
Here he makes a statement accusing someone of, not only infringing the patent, but also of advertising it in a newspaper with Royal Approval.
He goes on to explain that the person responsible is currently being prosecuted for the infringment.
About this Document
Burslem pottery manufacturer Enoch Wood collected this document, and it is now among the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.