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Mt:ETitsG NO. 34 

1. The bonrd met at 10:00 A.!ii., Ma.rah 10, 1942, in Room 2057, 

:Ei':Jild.ing 1 .., with the £ollowins preaent: 

ileutenm1t. Colonel ilill V. Park~r, Signn.l. i;orps (Plant Div.) 

Lieut~nant Colonel R. T. Schloaberz, 313nal Corps (Photo. Div.) 

r.;ajor Donald K. Lippincott, Sir;nal Corps (Legal Div.) 

lat Lieutenant 'tiillinm R. Hewlett, Sig"llS.l Corps (Gen. Devol. Div.) 

2. The pi.11'!~ o or thrJ meeting vraa to cons "Lder the following inventions ~nd to r:iake rec0r.l!:1endations foi• their diapositir.n: 

.A• Freque11cy :.:adulation, b:r Edvd.n K. Stodola, Sienal Corps 

Genr.>ral Development J...aboratory. 

"'~ ".2. Simr ..lified Drop Release, by Thurman H. McCoy, Jr., Teoh. ;:;gt., 

179t.h 1"'.A • 

V'S• Direction Findin,_ ilsinc Doppler :Cf~ect, by Leo titi.okta, Captain, 

Dental Qorps. 

-;g, •.. adio Beacon, by Leo i •. ~ckta, Uaptain, Dental Q,-,rps. 

" /2• Gontrolled Heam ~terma, by Joseph L. Levit, S1;..t., 52nd C.A. 

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./I,. Relny lor Co-axi!~l Transmisslon Lines, by Georce L. Haller, 

;;,irnal Corps, .tdrcrart !1adio Laboratory. 

~ /z.. :,leot.rical Cord Te.!te-1ip Device, by Joseph v. f.eecan, .Pv!'•• 

,u;.1_.,..temaater Corps. 

'Jh • .t\adlo Elockin. Device, by Robert L. ~.:cLain, Sgt., 7i.th Armored 

F .~i.. ?.n. 

,!. :·sf' of i!aclic Bnera, by ii.rthlu• a •. .night, .3ienal Corps, Si{,"fllal. 

j •.l'rvicl"1 n t LR.rce; .Aircraft Itadio Labora tor-;. 

J. ':be ~lO'U°d finds: 

.!• 1'h.:.t th~ inventions described in pare[.raphs 2,1 and 2g 116.ve 

::;i.·££icient millta.r-.r valua to 1:arrar ... t prosec11tion of pat.ant applications 

by the · ar Depart:.1.;ont. 

b. Tfo::.t the inventions arose in connection with and as a result o:r 

the o:: :~cTal cl.utir=ls or the inventors. '.L"here was 110 specific desi~tion 

to invent the thifles described in pc.ra raphs 2,1 and 2.!: • 

.£• Tuat the inventors df'ai?·e to obtain patents under the provisions 

of AR. 850-50. 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 09-12-2013 pursuantto E .0. 1352a 

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.... 4. That the 1rmm:t1ou , n~ not bJrkept -~· • •r ., 

··· A· That a patent not ~ 1obta.1.ned ·at Government ~ qa, .. 

the .inventions mentioned in paragftlpha 2Jl, 2,9., 2Q1 2&... Cid "ll• ; . ,,. .. , ~ - .. )2. 'rha.t pa'tents be obtained at Government e:xpe1$M cm~-,:· 

~t.tone mentioned in paragrapha 2a and~. •, · -r__ ;t' 

' . .2• That the invention. of Sgt. J'oaeph L. Larlt, Oon.4."olled 

Beam .Antenna (2.§) be f'orwarded to the SigJlal. Corps General :Liboratoriee, 

Foi-t ¥cmmouth, N.J., for tur'ther consideration. 

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,, : -,a. That action 011 the i:nvention or Arthur R. Kq.i&im, Deteati<is '· and:.,_ ot Ultra ~ Frequency Rad1at1'ms {2!)be deterrect pending reoeipt 

of a new disclosure. 

A· There is no objection to the .inventor• l1ate4 in. paragi:.:apha 

2]a, 2,s. 24,, 2.g, and 2J! applying ~or patents at their own 9lCpaDBe, U 

they desire to apply for patents. . ,:. The inventors' shall be permitted to diaclose th&ir izmmticms 

freely to manu!'acturere or to others., except that the in'nmtora •ntiomd. 

:In paragnpha 2& and~ will not enter int.o agreements with ~acturers 

without complying with the regulailons of the Chief Signal Of'ticer pertaining to such agreements. 

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v,)Y Will v. Parker, -~ Lieutenant CoJ.onel, S:lgnal Corps 1 

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