Legal Opinion
Zimmerman v. United States Government
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 19, 1970No. 18002PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
Presented here is the question whether the district court had jurisdiction to review a determination by the Commissioner of Patents that the government is entitled to a royalty-free license in appellant’s invention. The district court answered this question in the negative and dismissed for want of jurisdiction. We affirm.
Appellant is a federal civil service employee assigned as a chemical engineer to the Department of the Army. Following his invention of a waterproof combustible cartridge case, the Army determined that “pursuant to paragraph 1(b)…
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