· 2/18/1924
Standard Parts Co. v. Peck
Citations
- 264 U.S. 52
- 44 S. Ct. 239
- 68 L. Ed. 560
- 1924 U.S. LEXIS 2477
- 32 A.L.R. 1033
Syllabus
<p>One who is employed and paid by another to develop a process and machinery for manufacturing a specified product,* and who patents an invention made by him in the course of the employment, holds the patent for his employer. P. 58.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that an independent contractor engaged to “devote his time to the development of a process and machinery” to solve a particular problem for compensation had no legal right to a patent on the inventions he develops in that employment absent a contract to the contrary
- employer who hired and paid employee to develop a process and machinery for production of the front spring used in a car was entitled to ownership of the patent on the product
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Judges: McKenna
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