Legal Opinion
Robert W. Heinemann v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 17, 1986No. Appeal 85-2732PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Robert W. Heine-mann (Heinemann), pro se, from summary judgment by the United States Claims Court (Claims Court) dismissing Heine-mann’s claim of patent infringement and holding that the United States is the owner of patent No. 4,050,381 (’381 patent) on an invention made by Heinemann, while he was a Government employee. 1 The Claims Court affirmed the ownership determination pursuant to Executive Order No. 10096 (Exec. Order No. 10096) 2 made by the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks (Commissioner). We affirm.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Dubilier Condenser CorpSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Heinemann v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1980
- Kaplan v. CorcoranCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Heinemann v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1984
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Glaxo Operations Uk Limited v. Donald J. Quigg, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and TrademarksCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
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- McCall Stock Farms, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
- McLain Plumbing & Electrical Service, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1993
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