PATENT POLICY

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SPACE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE,

SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1215

ENTITLED THE "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT UTILIZATION POLICY ACT"

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION

HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada, Chairman

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington

RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana

ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina

DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii

ADLAI E. STEVENSON, Illinois

WENDELL H. FORD, Kentucky

DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan

BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon

BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona

HARRISON H. SCHMITT, New Mexico

JOHN C. DANFORTH, Missouri

NANCY LANDON KASSEBAUM, Kansas

LARRY PRESSLER, South Dakota

JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia

J. JAMES EXON, Nebraska

HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama

AUBREY L. SARVIS, Staff Director and Chief Counsel

EDWIN K. HALL, General Counsel

JOHN STEWART, Professional Staff Member

STEPHEN MERRILL, Professional Staff Member

WILLIAM M. DIEFENDERFER, Minority Staff Director

MALCOLM B. STERRETT, Minority Counsel

GERALD J. KOVACH, Minority Staff Counsel

WILLIAM C. GIBB, Minority Staff Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SPACE

ADLAI E. STEVENSON, Illinois, Chairman

HARRISON H. SCHMITT, New Mexico

BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona

WENDELL H. FORD, Kentucky

RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana

ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina

DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR, Michigan

HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama

(II)

NANCY LANDON KASSEBAUM, Kansas

CONTENTS

Opening statement by Senator Stevenson

Opening statement by Senator Schmitt.

Text of S. 1215.

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

JULY 23, 1979

Bremer, Howard W., patent counsel, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation;

and Dr. Willard Marcy, vice president, Research Corp

Prepared statement

Attachment

McCloskey, Peter F., president, Electronic Industry Association; Karl G. Harr,

Jr., president, Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.; Hugh E.

Witt, director, Government Liaison, United Technologies Corp.; and Harold

K. Lonsdale, president, Bend Research, Inc

Prepared statement of Mr. McCloskey

Prepared statement of Mr. Harr

Prepared statement of Mr. Lonsdale

Mossinghoff, Gerald J., Deputy 'General Counsel, NASA; and James E. Denny,

Assistant General Counsel for Patents, Department of Energy

Prepared statement of Mr. Mossinghoff.

Opening statement by Senator Stevenson

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JULY 27, 1979

279

Arnold, Tom, president, American Patent Law Association, Arnold, White &

Durkee..

280

Prepared statement.........

287

Burkard, Herbert G., corporate patent counsel, Raychem Corp

324

Prepared statement

328

Lemelson, Jerome H., president, Licensing Management Corp.

320

Lodge, Gerald A., chairman, Innoven Capital Corp

331

Manbeck, H. F., Jr., general patent counsel, General Electric Co

296

Prepared statement

300

Attachment

302

Rabinow, Jacob, consultant, National Bureau of Standards, Department of

Commerce

Armstrong, Marshall J., assistant general manager, energy and instruments
group, Thermo Electron Corp.; accompanied by James Neal, corporate
counsel..

371

Prepared statement

379

Church, Dale W., Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition

Policy, Department of Defense; accompanied by Walter Henderson, staff

assistant

364

Prepared statement

369

Rabinow, Jacob

350

Rickover, Adm. H. G., Deputy Commander for Nuclear Propulsion, Naval Sea

Systems Command, Department of the Navy