PATENT LAW CODIFICATION AND REVISION

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HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 3 OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 3760

A BILL TO REVISE AND CODIFY THE LAWS
RELATING TO PATENTS AND THE PATENT
OFFICE, AND TO ENACT INTO LAW TITLE 35
OF THE UNITED STATES CODE

ENTITLED "PATENTS"

JUNE 13, 14, AND 15, 1951

Serial No. 9

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1951

CONTENTS

JUNE 13, 1951

04/95 53-005-00 GBC

Text of bill H. R. 3760__

Testimony of

Charles J. Zinn, law revision counsel, Committee on the Judiciary,

House of Representatives – –

Henry R. Ashton, Esq., representing the coordinating committee on

revision and amendment of the patent laws of the National Council

of Patent Law Associations--

P. J. Federico, Examiner in Chief, United States Patent Office....

Paul A. Rose, chairman of the laws and rules committee of the

American Patent Law Association....

George E. Folk, adviser to the committee on patents of the National

Association of Manufacturers.

Jennings Bailey, Jr., chairman of section on patents, trade-marks and
copyright law, American Bar Association__

Cecil C. Kent, Esq., Fetherstonhaugh & Kent, Winnipeg, Canada...

Additional and supporting documents introduced:

Resolutions from-

New York Patent Law Association_.

Boston Patent Law Association_

Patent Law Association of Chicago.

Cleveland Patent Law Association.

Colorado Bar Association_

Columbus Bar Association.

Connecticut Patent Law Association_

Dayton Patent Law Association.

Patent Law Association of Los Angeles-

Milwaukee Patent Law Association_

Minnesota Patent Law Association_

New Jersey Patent Law Association_

Philadelphia Patent Law Association_

Patent Law Association of Pittsburgh_

Patent section of St. Louis Bar Association..

Patent Law Association of San Francisco_.

Toledo Patent Law Association _ _

Michigan Patent Law Association...

B

Changes in H. R. 3760 made at the coordinating committee meet-

ing in Washington, May 22, 1951...

Statement of the America Patent Law Association..
Statement of National Association of Manufacturers_
Supplementary statement from George E. Folk, supra...

Testimony of—

JUNE 14, 1951

Al Philip Kane, Esq., member, Kane & Koons, Washington, D. C..........

John W. Scott, Esq., Scott & Littman, Washington, D. C.

Capt. George N. Robillard, United States Navy, representing Depart-

ment of Defense.

S. B. Fracker, Assistant to the Research Administrator, Department

of Agriculture.........

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Edward R. Walton, Jr., representing District Bar Association for the

District of Columbia

89

T. Hayward Brown, Chief, Patent Litigation Unit, Claims Division,

Department of Justice-

93

Fritz G. Lanham, former Representative in Congress, from the State
of Texas..

P. J. Federico, Examiner in Chief, United States Patent Office..

Alexander C. Neave, president, New York Patent Law Association,

New York City, N. Y.

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