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· 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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