... for the improvement from the United States, equally with any other citizen not engaged in such service; and the government cannot, after the patent is issued, make use of the improvement any more than a private individual, without license of the inventor... Annual Reports of the War Department - Page 229by United States. War Department - 1876Full view - About this book
| United States. War Department - 1877 - 826 pages
...arms. The Supreme Court has held, in the case of the United States vs. Burns, (2 Wall., 252,) " that the government cannot, after the patent is issued,...individual, without license of the inventor or making him compensation." But the department has made use of inventions in the past, and claimants appear... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1909 - 746 pages
...the military service might acquire, if its possession or use were deemed important to the government. If an officer in the military service, not specially...license of the inventor or making compensation to him. In the present case there is no question of the right of Sibley to the improved conical tent. He received... | |
| United States. Patent Office - 1884 - 580 pages
...secured in the manner provided by law, becomes property in the eye of the law, and the Government cannot make use of the improvement any more than a private...individual without license of the inventor or making him compensation. 4. COURT OF CLAIMS HAS JURISDICTION. Where, as in this case, there is clearly an... | |
| 1892 - 582 pages
...Conclusive support to that proposition is found in a recent decision of this court, in which it is held that the government cannot, after the patent is issued,...the improvement any more than a private individual, withont license of the Inventor or making him compensation. 77. S. v. Burus, 13 Wall. 246." The question... | |
| Charles Sidney Whitman - 1875 - 814 pages
...tents, or any other kind of war material, he is entitled to the benefit of it, and to letters patent for the improvement from the United States, equally...license of the inventor or making compensation to him. In the present case there is no question of the right of Sibley to the improved conical tent. He received... | |
| United States. War Department - 1877 - 1084 pages
...equally with any other citizen not engaged in such service; and the Government cannot, after the patent a issued, make use of the improvement any more than...license of the inventor or making compensation to him. Snch have been, upon this question of franchise, of property, and of exclusive right and title in patents,... | |
| 1877 - 558 pages
...the patent act (16 Stat. at Large, 201) is private property, and that the government cannot, after a patent is issued, make use of the improvement any...individual without license of the inventor, or making him compensation. The case follows United States v. Wallace, 12 Wall. 252; but the rule is in direct... | |
| United States. War Department - 1877 - 748 pages
...arms. The Supreme Court has held, in the case of the United States от. Burns, (2 Wall., 252,) "that the government cannot, after the patent, is issued, make use of the improvement anymore than a private individual, without license of the inventor or making him compensation." But... | |
| United States. Patent Office - 1877 - 678 pages
...or discovery throughont the United States. No exception is made in favor of the Government, and it cannot, after the patent is issued, make Use of the improvement any more thau a private individual, without license of the inventor, or making just compensation to him. The... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - 1878 - 1086 pages
...benefit of it, and to letters patent for the improvement from the United States, equally with every other citizen not engaged in such service ; and the...any more than a private individual without license from the inventor, or making compensation to him." It is, therefore, settled that an officer of the... | |
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