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· 7/17/1986

Robert W. Heinemann v. The United States

Citations

  • 796 F.2d 451
  • 230 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 430
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 20300

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  • holding Executive Order constitutional and finding “no ‘taking’ because the invention was not the property of Heinemann”
  • holding Executive Order constitutional and finding “no 'taking’ because the invention was not the property of Heinemann”
  • interpreting an executive order that “[t]he Government shall obtain the entire right, title and interest in and to all inventions made by any Govern- ment employee” as a transfer of legal and equitable title

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Judges: Friedman, Nichols, Smith

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