THE GOVERNMENT'S CLASSIFICATION OF PRIVATE IDEAS United States. Congress. House, Committee on Individual Rights. HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION FEBRUARY 28; MARCH 20; AND AUGUST 21, 1980 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations 83-362 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1981 KF27 G66a8 19866 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan HENRY A. WAXMAN, California PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma FRANK HORTON, New York 82-601120 229-52 Abrams, Floyd, Esquire, Cahill Gordon & Reindel..... Davida, George, associate professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Foy, H. Miles, Senior Attorney Adviser, Office of Legal Counsel, Depart- ment of Justice; accompanied by Vito Di Pietro, Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Section, Civil Division; and Larry A. Hammond, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel Inman, Adm. B. R., Director, National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Md.. 441 406 McCloskey, Hon. Paul N., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the 291 Moore, David Pelton, inventor and attorney, as presented by Paul Meikle- Sciascia, Richard, Chairman, Armed Services Patent Advisory Board, Department of Defense; accompanied by Lt. Col. Howard M. Hougen, Intellectual Property Division, Office of Judge Advocate General, De- partment of the Army; Donald J. Singer, Patents Division, Office of Judge Advocate General, Department of the Air Force; and Frank G. Nieman, Principal Patent Staff Attorney, Office of Naval Research, Sewell, Duane, Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, Department of Energy; accompanied by Eric Fygi, Deputy General Counsel; Leon Sil- verstrom, Assistant General Counsel for International Development 302, 481 Tegtmeyer, Rene D., Assistant Commissioner for Patents, Patents and 433 Abrams, Floyd, Esquire, Cahill Gordon & Reindel: Information concern- 403 Davida, George, associate professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Fygi, Eric, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Energy: Prepared |