Legal Opinion
Farrand Optical Co., Inc. v. The United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 27, 1963No. 314, Docket 27333PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, 35 U.S.C. §§ 181-188, authorizes the Commissioner of Patents to delay the grant of a patent on an invention the disclosure of which might be detrimental to the national security. When he believes such a danger to exist, the Commissioner is directed to “make the application for patent in which such invention is disclosed available for inspection” to certain officials of designated defense agencies of the United States. At the request of any of these officials a secrecy order may issue withholding the grant of a patent for as long a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Otto Halpern v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Marion B. Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- United States v. Bethlehem Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Farrand Optical Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1959
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Farrand Optical Co., Inc. v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- James C. Hobbs v. United States of America, Atomic Energy CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Hornback v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
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