COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

EMANUEL CELLER, New York, Chairman
FRANCIS E. WALTER, Pennsylvania CHAUNCEY W. REED, Illinois
WILLIAM T. BYRNE, New York

LOUIS E. GRAHAM, Pennsylvania
JOSEPH R. BRYSON, South Carolina

FRANK FELLOWS, Maine THOMAS J. LANE, Massachusetts

CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey MICHAEL A. FEIGHAN, Ohio

KENNETH B. KEATING, New York FRANK L. CHELF, Kentucky

WILLIAM M. McCULLOCH, Ohio ED GOSSETT, Texas

J. CALEB BOGGS, Delaware J. FRANK WILSON, Texas

ANGIER L. GOODWIN, Massachusetts ROBERT L. RAMSAY, West Virginia

EDGAR A. JONAS, Illinois EDWIN E. WILLIS, Louisiana

RUTH THOMPSON, Michigan JAMES B. FRAZIER, JR., Tennessee

PATRICK J. HILLINGS, California PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey

SHEPARD J. CRUMPACKER, JR., Indiana
WOODROW W. JONES, North Carolina CLAUDE I, BAKEWELL, Missouri
E. L. FORRESTER, Georgia
BYRON G. ROGERS, Colorado
THADDEUS M. MACHROWICZ, Michigan

Bess EFFRAT DICK, Chief Clerk
VELMA SMEDLEY, Assistant Chief Clerk
C. MURRAY BERNHARDT, Committee Counsel
WILLIAM R. FOLEY, Committee Counsel
L. JAMES HARRIS, Committee Counsel
WALTER M. BESTERMAN, Legislative Assistant
WALTER R. LEE, Legislative Assistant
CHARLES J. ZINN, Law Revision Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE No. 3

JOSEPH R. BRYSON, South Carolina, Chairman ROBERT L. RAMSAY, West Virginia

CHAUNCEY W. REED, Illinois EDWIN E. WILLIS, Louisiana

J. CALEB BOGGS, Delaware BYRON G. ROGERS, Colorado

SHEPARD J. CRUMPACKER, JR., Indiana

CLAUDE I. BAKEWELL, Missouri

L. JAMES HARRIS, Counsel
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JUNE 20, 1951

Text of bills H. R. 323 and 4054.--

Testimony of,

Hon. Francis E. Walter, Representative in Congress from State of

Pennsylvania

John Hoxie, chairman of the committee on patent law and practice,

New York Patent Law Association

Fred C. Steffens, representing National Rejectors, Inc., St. Louis, Mo.

Harry H. Hitzeman, patent lawyer, Chicago, Ill..

Frederick D. Foote, Alloys Development Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Robert W. Wagstaff, executive vice president, Vendo Co., Kansas

City, Mo...

C. E. Hovey, patent lawyer, Kansas City, Mo...

H. A. McIlveine, president, Continental Electric Co., Geneva, Ill_

James E. Hooper, vice president, William E. Hooper & Sons, Balti-

more Md...

Additional and supporting documents introduced:

Statement of John Hoxie, supra-

Statement of Patent Law Association of Chicago.

Statement of Patent Equity Association of New York-

Statement of Aircraft Industries Association of America -

Letters from-

Hon Charles F. Brannan, Secretary, Department of Agriculture-

Hon L. i hurston, Acting Administrator, Federal Security Agency -

Hon. Dale E. Doty, Assistant Secretary, Department of the

Interior.

Hon. Peyton Ford, Deputy Attorney General, Department of

Justice.

Telegram from Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co., St. Paul,

Minn.

Letter from Mrs. M. B. Carpenter, Cleveland, Ohio.

Statement of Harry H. Hitzeman, supra.-

Supplementary statement of Harry H. Hitzeman, supra-

Patent date, relative to other countries and reprint from J. P. O. S., by

Frederick D. Foote, supra. -

Statement of Robert W. Wagstaff, supra-

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JUNE 22, 1951

Testimony of

James E. Hooper, supra-

William B. Barnes, niechanical engineer, Muncie, Ind-

E. F. Pierson, chairman of the board, Vendo Co., Kansas City, Mo..

Paul A. Rose, chairman, committee on laws and rules, American

Patent Law Association, Washington, D. C.-

Thomas Hayward Brown, Chief of the Patent Litigation Unit,

Department of Justice-

Hon. Fritz G. Lanham, former Representative in Congress from the

State of Texas..

Frederick D. Foote, supra -

Additional and supporting documents introduced:

Statement of Harold F. Watson, chairman, legislative committee,

patent section of the American Bar Association..

Statement of William E. Hooper, supra-

Excerpts from bid introduced by James E. Hooper, supra_

Letter from J. F. Victory, executive secretary, the National Advisory

Committee for Aeronautics ..

Letter from Maurice W. Levy, chairman, legislative committee, New

Jersey Patent Law Association.--

Statement of William B. Barnes, su pra...

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Additional statement submitted by Frederick D. Foote, supra--

Letters from:

Charles D. Magnesen, Magneseal Co., Chicago, Ill.

J. W. Leighton, president, Pressed Metals of America, Inc., Port

Huron, Mich."

W. C. Cheney, vice president, Gillett & Eaton, Inc., Lake City, Minn.

Walter Leichter, secretary, Shoup Voting Machine Corp., Union City,

N. J.

A. Y. Dodge, A. Y. Dodge Co., Rockford, Ill.

A. W. Coffman, vice president, research and development, H. H.

Robertson, Co., Pittsburgh, Pa--

Mrs. C. C. Burdine, New York, N. Y

M. R. Creesy, Burnitol Manufacturing Co., Boston, Mass.

F. P. Scully, president, Scully Signal Co., Cambridge, Mass-

John M. Cole, Esq., New York, N. Y.

Frank S. Busser, Esq., Busser & Harding, Philadelphia, Pa-

W. L. Lewis, president, Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., New York, N. Y.

Hon. Thomas W. S. Davis, Acting Secretary, Department of Com-

Hon. Jess Larson, Administrator, General Services Administration.-

Statements from:

Albert E. Noelte, chairman of the committee on patents of the Na-

tional Association of Manufacturers.-

The Patent Law Association of Chicago..

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