That's actually been something I've been meaning to start a thread to ask about since I know next to nothing about how patents work - if he had been able to renew his patents and also take out others in overseas countries how much control would he have over the jet engine industry internationally? Will probably do it tomorrow at some point.Whittle also lost the patent in 1935...
Not the UK subsidiary. It was apparently bought out and taken over by British owners in 1928, being merged with the similar Metropolitan-Vickers companies to form Associated Electrical Industries although they kept the separate brand names in operation. At least according to the Genocide.... and as a double irony Thompson-Houston is a GE derivative, making huge leaps and profits in jet engines to this day (Peebles Ohio etc.).
What's 'the genocide' you refer to as a source?