Polaroid Corporation v. Horner

McGARRAGHY, District Judge.

This is an action under Section 146, 35 U.S.Code, in which plaintiffs Polaroid Corporation, as assignee, and William A. Shurcliff, as assignor, seek a judgment that Shurcliff was the first, original and sole inventor of the subject matter defined in Counts 1 to 6, inclusive, of an interference proceeding before the United States Patent Office; and that Polaroid is entitled to receive Letters Patent of the United States for said invention.

The invention in question relates to a radiation detection unit or dosimeter.

On May 13, 1952, Shurcliff filed an application for…