Patent GB-1904-6732

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Biplane steered and stabilized by combined action of wing warping and rudder.

Corresponds with Patent US-1903-821393, filed earlier, in 1903, but not granted by the USPTO until 1906.

The subject of a patent dispute in the UK culminating in a settlement (October 1914) in which the government paid ₤15,000 to the British Wright Company (est. 1913). (See also Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 27-Oct-1914.)

Sources

Many notes in Neilson; patent makes 14 claims ; corresponding US patent makes 18 claims in 1800 words

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Year filed 1904
Year granted 1904
Office GB
Patent number 6732
Inventors Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright
Inventor country US
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Tech fields airplane, rudder, navigation, wing-warping, biplane, frame
Filing date 1904/03/19
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Granted? Yes
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Supplementary to patent Patent US-1903-821393
Related to aircraft? Yes
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Family year 1904
First filing? No
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Number of claims 14