DOCUMENT

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PURSUANT TO

S. Res. 92

ON

THE AMERICAN PATENT SYSTEM

68832

OCTOBER 10, 11, AND 12, 1955

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1956

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

HARLEY M. KILGORE, West Virginia, Chairman

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS

JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, Wyoming, Chairman

JULIAN CAPLAN, Counsel

JOHN STEDMAN, A880ciate Counsel

CONTENTS

Statement and/or remarks of

Page

232-236

Andrus, Elvin A., patent attorney, Milwaukee, Wis---. Arnold, Hon. Thurman, former member of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals--27, 30, 31, 50, 53-56, 61, 62, 220-226 Arnold, G. Wright, patent attorney, Seattle, Wash. 46-51, 58, 68 Bailey, Jennings, Jr., patent attorney, Washington, D. C.-- 137, 145, 146, 147 Ballard, William R., representing the National Association of Manufacturers_.

9-12, 60, 91, 148

Bennett, Donn, director, The Big Idea, Station WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, Pa___ 5, 6, 8, 25, 35-42, 57, 59, 60 Biebel, Lawrence B., president, American Patent Law Association__ 52, 129, 130, 147, 148

6-8, 148, 149 31-34, 104-107

Biskind, Elliott L., attorney for Thoger G. Jungerson__ 211, 213, 216, 217, 218
Brennen, William C., National Patent Council_-
Brown, Jo Baily, patent attorney, Pittsburgh, Pa....
Bruninga, John H., patent attorney, St. Louis, Mo___. 130-137, 209, 210
Burns, James F., chairman, National Counsel of Patent Law Asso-
ciation___-.

Cohn, Herman, inventor, Baltimore, Md....

52, 53

18, 19, 44

Colclough, Dean O. S., acting director, the Patent, Trademarks, and
Coypright Foundation, George Washington University, Washington,
D. C----.

Crews, Floyd H., patent attorney, New York, N. Y____
Diggins, Bartholomew, patent attorney, Washington, D. C---

121-129 57, 58

98, 102, 103, 108-110 99-104, 107, 108 95-98, 110 8,

DuMont, Allen D., president, DuMont Television Corp-Farrell, V. C., inventor, Washington, D. C--Federico, P. J., Examiner in Chief, United States Patent Office_. 11, 12, 17, 24, 25, 97, 98, 101, 115, 152, 175, 176 Fletcher, Mrs. Nellie O----50, 63, 64 Hand, Hon. Learned, retired judge of the United States court of Appeals, New York, N. Y_. 111-123, 129, 132, 133, 135 Harris, Ray M., Chief, Patents Branch, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense__

137, 142-144

Hays, Willard C., vice president, American Patent Law Association-- 67, 68
Hoffman, Roy C., Small Business Administration_.
Hyman, Frank, inventor__

LaPointe, Arthur, Patent Office Society.

42-45 15

210-213, 218

12, 13, 16, 57, 62, 68

Congress from the
13-15, 23-25, 28, 94, 95
72, 93, 94

25, 26, 62, 63, 134

230, 231 7, 28-30, 45

Mayers, Harry R., General patent counsel of General Electric Co--- 150-152

Jungerson, Thoger G., inventor, Summit, N. J.
Kegan, Albert I., patent attorney, Chicago, Ill__.

Lanham, Hon. G. Fritz, former Representative in
State of Texas--.

Levy, Maurice W., patent attorney-

Lutz, Karl B., patent attorney, Pittsburgh, Pa_-
Marks, Alvin M., inventor. Whitestone, N. Y.

McLean, Roger, Sinclair Oil Co---

Palmer, Dr. Archie M., National Research Council_.
Reynolds, Edwin L., Chief Technical Adviser, United States Court of
Customs and Patent Appeals---.

Schmeltz, Andrew H., Aluminum Company of America__.
Silvers, Harold S., Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, Wis
Wahl, Richard, Patent Office Society----

72, 73, 92, 93

217 58-61

63

20, 21