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ARMY SC'r!IUll"C' C'nr!ll"C'~ aJI{' ~nv1u~ runu~~ • 

OF.FICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER 

WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 

PATENT MEMORANDUM NO. 5 

IDatel 

1. You haTe been assigned to deTelop improTementa in arts of Talue to the Chief Signal Officer or to work so associated with such deTelopment that information gained in your work may reasonably be expected to result in patentable inTentions. Your assignment to this work is for the express 

purpose of vesting in the United States all right, title and interest to any such improvements and 

inTentions arising from said developnent or that you may make while engaged in the work asaigned, if 

in the opinion of the Chief Signal Officer the pnblic interest demands that the inTention be owned and 

controlled by the War Department. 

z. Since no person in the military service or employed by it is entitled to classified military information solely by Tirtue of his conmission or official position and since such information will be 

entrusted only to those who need it in the performance of their official duties, who of necessity must 

be informed because of their cooperation in the work, project, deTelopment or inTention concerned, 

therefore the possession of or access to classified matter shall of itself for the purpose of this 

memorandum be deemed to place the person concerned in that group or groups assigned to a deTelopment in question nor shall such presumptive assignment in one group limit or preclude assignment, presump- tiTe or actual, in other similar groups. 

a. Asaignment to this work constitutes a specific assignment to inTeut such deTices, circuits, 

products or processes as are necessary or desirable for the completion of any project or projects with 

which your group is charged. Acceptance of this assignment by you will constitute an agreement on your part to execute the papers necessary to transfer to the Government the rights which it requires under paragraph 9 lal AR 8~0-50, as set forth in paragraph 7 of this memorandum, including complete assignment of the iDTention where it falls within the tenns of sub-paragraph 9 (al 111 or, I if it be 

determined that the invention should be held secret! sub-paragraph 9 lal 121 thereof, Such assignments, whether of all rights under the inTention or merely licenses, must be drafted iu form to meet 

the requirements of law in the categories to which the inTention pertains. 

'· In the case of an inTention which relates to an invention which the Chief Sieual Officer 

decides should be held secret, or which relates to a classified project, acceptance of this assignment also constitutes an agreement on your part that you will Dlj{ d.ffflo•~.Jbe in]t~ntl~ to unauthor- i.Dii!J~sq;l unt~l. aU£1L~ime as 7011 are informed in writiag by jl __ orii...7 __ Qr .... -:&.C.8.------ Qn_e.I::. ~-gne.J o:r:r1cer tllat tb.e need for secrecy h&1 ceased. 

5, It is the policy of the Chief Signal Officer that officers, enlisted men, and civilian em- ployees have no relations with ca1111ercial oreanizations that mieht jeopardize their unqualified loyalt7 to the Sienal Service or that might influence their official action in development, procurement and inspection duty. The following examples are cited as representatiTe of conditions that must be 

noided: 

G, Technical, mechanical, administratiTe, sales or any other serTice, outside official working 

hours or while Qn leave, to an organization or individual engaged in a line of work that reasonable 

foresight might visualize as eTentually leading to business relations with the Laboratory. 

b. Financial interest to the extent of 1/100 of 1' or more of the capital account, in any corporatioa or partnership that reasonable foresight might visualize as an eventual Government con- tractor for the type of material with which the Laboratory is concerned. 

c. Patent licenses under issued patents or tpplications therefore to manufacturers who may with 

reasonable foresight be expected to becane GoTerument contractors for the type of material with which 

the Laboratory is concerned and involving such patents. 

, 6. In order to assist personnel and to establish criteria the following questions are asked, answers to which are to be attached hereto and made a nart hereof: lose attached sheet for answers to 

following I. 

a. Are you employed on a part time basis or as a consultant by any organization that has now, or is likely to have in the future, contracts from the Signal Corps involTing relations with the 

Laboratory. If so, with whom and under what conditions? 

b. List your employers for the past ten years. 

c. List any contracts or agreements involving inventions, patents or patent rights to which rou are a party, identifying the other parties thereto, 

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T. Pararraph 9 lal, AR 850-60 reada aa follows: 

"lnTentions eTolTed by officers, warrant officers, enlisted men and ciTilian employees will be 

diTided into three claasea, those which 

•Ill Are produced as a result of a specific emploJDK!nt or contract to inTent the specific device or article. The War Department will assert the ownership of the G0Ter11111ent ia this class aad will 

require an assir11ment of ent~re rirht, title and interest therein. 

"IZI !rise in connection with and as a result of the official duties or general emploJDK!nt of 

the officer, warrant officer, enlisted man or ciTilian employee, but where there is no specific deairnation or emploJment to inTent the thine concerned. With reeard to this class, whether or not patented under the proTisions of law, Act April 80, 1928, 1'5 Stat. 'IT; 85 U.S.C. '5; M.L. 1919, Sec. 18191, the 

War Department requires at leaat a noaexclusiTe license in writing to mate, nae, and sell or otherwise 

dispose of in accordance with law or to cause to be so made, used, sold or disposed of, and eTery such 

inTention will be reported by the inTentor to the War Department. In cases where the inTention is important in the national defense and for that reason should be kept secret, the War Department may request a complete assignment. 

11 181 Do not refer to and are not eTolTed in the line of du!y of the officer, warrcnt officer, 

enlisted man~ or ciTilian employee. With regard to this class the War Department has no particular con- cern ~nless the invention has military value. If it has, the War Department will accept a non-exclasiTe 

license, if tendered," 

8, Thia notice of assienment to deTelop improvemeats in arts of Talne to the Sirna! Corps shall 

not be construed as divestinr yon of ownership of any inTention made by you while enraged on this wort 

except as set forth in the precedinr paragraph, bat the Anny Reralations there quoted will be strictly followed. If in any case you believe that these regulations haTe been improperly applied, the Chief 

Siena! Officer may be re~aested to waiTe or modify any raline thereunder which may haTe been made. 

1. I hereby accept assirnment to wort under the conditions set forth in basic caimunlcation, and arree to conmanicate to the Patent Section of the Sirna! Corps all patentable ideas conceived by me durinr my wort and all patentable ideaa conceiTed by me which relate to Signal Corps actiTities duriue 

the tenn of my employment, I arree to cooperate with the Sirna! Corps in every proper way to present 

patent applications which they decide to file, and agree I will not apply for patents on ideas related 

to Sienal Corps actiTities (except tbroueh the Sienal Corps Patent Section! unless a release in writlne 

is riTen by the Chief Sirnal Officer or bis duly authorized representatiTe. 

Bxecate in duplicate. One c'opy to OCSirO, one copy retained at Laboratory. 

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OFFIOE 

~ARMY 

OF THE 

SERVICE 

OHIEF SIGNAL 

FORCES 

OFFIOER 

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WASHINGTON 25, D. 0. 

Answer1 to Par. 6 of Patent Memo. No. 5