Gazda v. United States

This case is before us on defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s petition.

Plaintiff alleges that he was an inventor of a drum type cartridge magazine designed particularly for use with the Oerlikon 20 mm. antiaircraft camion; that he made application to the United States Patent Office for letters patent on said invention on August 15, 1939, and that pursuant *762thereto United States patent No. 2,367,572 was granted him on January 16,1945; that on March 4,1943, the Alien Property Custodian seized his rights under his application for letters patent; and that on March 9,1949, said patent, which…