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HOUGHTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 2662.

23 F.2d 386 (1928)

HOUGHTON v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

January 10, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph William Hazell, of Washington, D. C. (Francis B. Leech, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Henry C. Workman, of Washington, D. C. (F. Gwynn Gardiner, of Washington, D. C., H. J. Galloway, Asst. Atty. Gen., and A. W. W. Woodcock, U. S. Atty., of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for the United States.

Before WADDILL, PARKER, and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision that the United States is the equitable owner and entitled to the assignment of a patent issued to the defendant Houghton, who, when he made the invention which is the subject thereof, was an employee of the Public Health Service in the Treasury Department. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court below. U. S. v. Houghton (D. C.) 20 F.2d 434. Those necessary to...

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