U.S. v. DUBILIER CONDENSER CORP.

Nos. 316, 317, and 318.

289 U.S. 178 (1933)

53 S.Ct. 554

77 L.Ed. 1114

UNITED STATES v. DUBILIER CONDENSER CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Thacher, with whom Assistant Attorney General Rugg and Messrs. Alexander Holtzoff, Paul D. Miller, and H. Brian Holland were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. James H. Hughes, Jr., with whom Messrs. E. Ennalls Berl and John B. Brady, were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Three suits were brought in the District Court for Delaware against the respondent as exclusive licensee under three separate patents issued to Francis W. Dunmore and Percival D. Lowell. The bills recite that the inventions were made while the patentees were employed in the radio laboratories of the Bureau of Standards, and are therefore, in equity, the property of the United States. The prayers are for a declaration...

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