Legal Opinion
Hummer v. Administrator of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided August 22, 1974No. Patent Appeal No. 9182PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMOND, Senior Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Interferences in a proceeding under section 305 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. § 2457). The board held that the application 1 filed by Hummer et al. (Hummer) should issue as a patent to the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on behalf of the United States. We affirm.
The pertinent provisions of section 305 read:
Property rights in inventions — Exclusive property of United States; issuance of patent(a) Whenever any invention is made in the…
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