GEARON v. UNITED STATES

No. 159-53.

121 F.Supp. 652 (1954)

GEARON et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter F. Boye, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs. Donald M. Reno, Champaign, Ill., and Smith, Ristig & Smith, Washington, D. C., were on the brief.

Eugene R. Weisbender, Washington, D. C. with whom was Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER and MADDEN, Judges.


JONES, Chief Judge.

Defendant's motion for summary judgment urges dismissal of the petition herein on the grounds that the patent on which the suit is based is void in view of a statutory bar. This will first be considered.

The petition alleges that one of the plaintiffs, James J. Gearon, was the inventor of inflatable, collapsible, military pontoon bridges for which he was issued letters patent No. 2,423,832 on July 15, 1947, on an application filed by Gearon...

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