Welin Davit & Boat Corp. v. United States

The plaintiff is the assignee of patent rights evidenced by Letters Patent #1140469 granted to it under the following state of facts:

On May 1, 1912, Andreas P. Lundin filed his application for a patent relating to new and useful “ Improvements in Boats.” Prior to the time the application matured into a patent Lundin assigned the same to plaintiff, and on May 25, 1915, letters patent were granted to the plaintiff.

This suit alleges infringement of plaintiff’s rights. Just compensation is claimed under the act of June 25, 1910, as amended by the act of July 1,1918 (40 Stat. 705).

Lundin’s…