§ Mr. A. Evansasked the President of the Board of Trade what inventions resulting from public research are now being developed and exploited by the National Research Development Corporation.
66Wthe latest year for which figures are at present available.
§ Mr. MaudlingA full list would take some time to prepare, but the Corporation's Annual Report for 1958–59 described the more important inventions which it was handling and indicated the source of most of them. The Report also showed that of the 187 patent rights assigned to the Corporation during the year 1958–59, the majority had resulted from public research.