Knapp v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case. The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. July 8, 1904, the claimant, trustee, became by an instrument in writing (Finding VII) the assignee of Frederick Lewis Sawyer to an invention described" in an application for letters patent of the United States, filed by the said Sawyer May 26, 1904, as serial No. 209951, and issued as Patent No. 782701, February 14, 1905, to Frederick L. Sawyer, assignor to John J. Knapp,…
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The Reporters' statement of the case. The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. July 8, 1904, the claimant, trustee, became by an instrument in writing (Finding VII) the assignee of Frederick Lewis Sawyer to an invention described" in an application for letters patent of the United States, filed by the said Sawyer May 26, 1904, as serial No. 209951, and issued as Patent No. 782701, February 14, 1905, to Frederick L. Sawyer, assignor to John J. Knapp, trustee. July 6, 1904, the claimant, trustee, became by an instrument in writing (Finding VII) the assignee of John J.…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
This action is to recover royalties for the alleged use by the Navy Department of patents issued to the claimant, trustee, on applications theretofore made by his assignors, Frederick J. Sawyer and John J. Knapp and George W. Dunn, for blowing out of the bore of guns inflammable and deleterious gases remaining in the gun after firing.
The substantial and controlling facts found are these: Prior to the applications for the patents for the use of which royalties are claimed there had been serious accidents from the explosion of gases remaining in…
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