Kurth bark extraction was process patent records 1951-1959.

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Kurth bark extraction was process patent records 1951-1959.

Series documents the patent and sale of rights to a process developed by the Oregon Forest Products Laboratory to extract wax from Douglas Fir Bark. Records include option agreements, correspondence, licensing committee minutes, work notes, laboratory report on bark extractives, and a marketing study. Subjects discussed in the correspondence include negotiations between the Forestry Department, the Forest Products Laboratory, M.W. Kellogg Co., and Canadian Forest Products, Ltd. to license and market the wax. Other topics covered by these records include patent rights, international and national marketing, forest products development, and Douglas Fir extractives.

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Oregon. Dept. of Forestry.

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M.W. Kellogg Company

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Canadian Forest Products Ltd

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Oregon State University. Forest Research Laboratory

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