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SIO?i.A.L CORPS PA'J.'E?iT BO.ARD SPSUl 

MEETING NO. 38 

1. The Board ut at lOsOO .A.II., August 4, 19421 in Rooa 2042, Building •J.•, with the following present: 

Lieutenant Colonel Donald K. Lippincott, Signal Corpe (Legal Branch) 

Lieutenant Colonel w. A. Toppiri.g, Signal Corps (Plant Division). 

Captain Benjamin J. Ghromy, Signal Corpe (Radar Dirlsion). 

Dr. R. F. Nieholson, Signal Corps {Army :Pictorial Service). 

2. The purpose of the meeting we.a to consider the t'ollowin.g inventions 

and to make recommendations for their diapoait1ona 

A• Jaethod o~ Connecting a Wire to a Terminal, by Sgt. B. A. 

Kowpak.t A.S.N .. 20,215,200, E-l05 F.A., A.P.o. 962, Postmaster-, San. 

Francisco, Calif'ornia. 

R• Secret Communication SJ'stem, by Sgt. Robert B. Kercher, 'J67 

School Squadron, Soott Field, Illinois. 

g. Fusible By-Pass Condenser, by Judd W. Gherryhomea, Radio 

Jiechanic-Technician, Roal 14 W. Qladrangle, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. 

~. Submarine Escape Device, by Judd w. Cherryhomes, whose addre•• 

is giwn in Paragraph 2s • 

.I• Improvement iD Wire Reels, by Cpl. Presley E. McCJ.ewy, Hq. 

Battery, l3rd Div. Jrtillery, Camp Forrest, Temi., A.P.O. 3.3. 

:. Sublarine Locating Invention, b)t' Pvt. Orie c. Montgomery, 4th Corps Area, Signal School, .Athena, Georgia • 

.&• Transmitter Locating Invention, by Pvt. Orie o. Montgomeey, 

whose address is given in Paragraph 2:,. 

,Q. Automatic Radio Control or Gunfire, by Ruaaell G. Pelton, 

OCSigO (I.4gal Branch). 

i• Use of Klystrons, by Pvt. Bernard I. Marshall, Ordnance 

13,Q.44,4711 74.3rd Ordnance Co., Aviation Air Base, :France J'ield1 c.z. 

J, • .Multi Radio Communication Chmmels - by Cpl. Herman L. Hums, 

·Hq. and Hq. Sqd. 1 .314th Service Group 1 Bowman Fiel.d. 1 Louinill.e, Ky. 

1'· Radio Device f'or Indicating Distance, by fl. o. ~lioholson, 

,3220 14th Ave. South, Seattle, Wa.shington. 

l• Carrying Ca.se for Radios, by Cpl. Hazelhurst R. N()J'es,, 10th 

J;.at. Squadron, Scott Field, Ill. 

Declassified and approved for release-b; ~i~t,on 09-12-2013 pursuantto E.O. 1352a1 f 
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3. The Board .f'inds: 

.&• That the idea or Paragraph 2,1 mSl' have military value,, but is 

not patentable • 

.]2. That any new features set torth in the ideas or Paragraphs 

2)2, 2,s=, 2,S, 2j11 2J., and 21 have no military value. 

,g. The ideas set f'orth in Paragraphs 2Jh 2:, and 21! mq have 

ailitary value, and the Board is awaiting their detailed consideration by the :lntere sted Branches of the Signal Oorps be.tore rendering a decision. 

~. The Board is writing for further information concerning the 

ideas set :torth in Paragraphs 2,1 and 2k. 

4. The Board reoommends1 

.I• That patent applications be not filed at Goverment upe.nse 

on the ideas set forth in Paragraphs 2_!,, 2,!>, 2.,g, ~' 11[1, 2..1 &l'ld 2].1 

and that the inventor• are free to apply tor patents at their 011Jl 

expense. 

R• That :rurther action on the remaining ideas set forth in Paragraph 2 be def'erred pending receipt or the further inrormation 

mentioned in Paragraphs 3~ aDd 3,sl • 

.;. The ideas set forth in Paragraphs 2Jl and 2,k will be mailitained 

in MQonfidential• status pending final determination of their merits • 

'~do- .41{~ __:___,;:/;/ 

Donald K.~L,~~~tt~ -, 

LieutenMt Colonel, Signal Gorps 

Acting Chairman 

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~~ hromy, 

Cap , S al Corp 

tar 

Tom c. Rives 

Colonel, Signal Corps 

Member 

...,.,-H._h:--

Ideutenant ~~ c:;i~~rSignal Corps 

£or 

w. v. Parker, 

Colonel, Signal Corps 

Member 

r/P/'9'~ Dr. R. F. Nieholaon, 

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R. T. Sohloaberg, Lieutenant Colonel, Signal Corps 

Member 

.APPROVED August I ~ , 1942. 

:::;:;¥;~--. JAMES W. BALIMIH, 

Ma.Jor, Signal Oorpa, 

Asst. Dir. of Mm. 

ror 

JAMES A. CODE, JR. Pi 

Brigadier Qe:ner,.l, ti.~• .bri.ty t { f