ZIMMERMAN v. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

No. 18002.

422 F.2d 326 (1970)

Theodore ZIMMERMAN, Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, United States Department of Commerce, Patent Office, Washington, D. C.; Edwin L. Reynolds, First Assistant Commissioner; Mr. L. H. Baer, United States Civil Service Commission Regional Director; Picatinny Arsenal; Isadore G. Nadel; Sidney Bernstein; and Joseph Fillipone.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Zimmerman, pro se.

Ronald R. Glancz, Department of Justice-Civil Division, Washington, D. C., (William D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frederick B. Lacey, U. S. Atty., Morton Hollander, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, VAN DUSEN and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

Presented here is the question whether the district court had jurisdiction to review a determination by the Commissioner of Patents that the government is entitled to a royalty-free license in appellant's invention. The district court answered this question in the negative and dismissed for want of jurisdiction. We affirm.

Appellant is a federal civil service employee assigned as a chemical engineer to...

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