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Paddi Patents
1947 - Mrs Hunter Gordon started making Paddi Garments herself for friends. She made over 400 at her kitchen table.
April 1948 - An application was made for a Patent.
7th Dec 1948 - A letter was recieved back from the Patent Agent.
March 1949 - The provisional Patent was granted.
12 October 1949 - The full Patent was granted in the UK for a waterproof knicker-like garment with press-stud fasteners.
( Numbers 666,676 and 665,724)
November 8th 1949 - Agreement signed; Robinsons to take over the patent for the sale and maufacture of the garment.
November 1949 - The name Paddi was decided.
30th November 1949 - Paddi went on sale.
4 January UK/ 21 November 1949 USA - application made for patent in the USA
1950 - USA Patent was initially rejected.
6 November 1951 - USA patent granted - and the rest of the world
The Main Patents
Great Britain 665,676 and 665,724
Canada 493,293
Eire 19,242
South Africa 8,934
New Zealand 102,481/6
Australia 152,954
France 999,510
Switzerland 287,200
Holland 76,895
USA 2,573,903
Germany 1,606,433
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