Legal Opinion
Williams v. Administrator of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided August 10, 1972No. 8712PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Baldwin, Judge.
This appeal is from, the decision of the Patent Officé Board of Patent Interferences, adhered to on reconsideration, in á proceeding under Section 305 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 USO 2451). The board held that the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (hereinafter NASA), on behalf of the United States, is entitled to receive the patent to issue on Williams patent application serial No. 391,187, filed August 21,1964.1 Section 305 reads in pertinent part:
42 U.S.C. 2457. Property rights in inventions, (a) Exclusive property of…
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