WBEREAS, 

ot ____________________ _..,. __________________ ---!~--~-.---~-=----=-----------!!""'---

, have invented certain improvements -in------------------~--A-I_IT_HE __ NT __ I_C_A_T_I_N_Q __ PEVJQE 

tor Which the undersigned on executed an application tor L-e~t~t-e_r_s~P-at~en--t~o-t,._th,.....e_,.Upn~l~t-e~d_,,S~ta--t_e_s_;_an __ d._. ______ __ 

WHEREAS, the Government of the United States is desirous of acquiring. 

the entire right, title and interest in and to the said invention and in 

and to &11¥ patents that may issue thereon: 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and one dollar ($1.00), 

the receipt 0£ which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned has sold, asaigned and transferred, and by these presents does hereby sell, aaaign and 

tranater unto the Government of the United Sta.tea of America, as represented 

by the Secretary of War, the entire right, title and intereat, throughout 

the United Sta.tea of America, and the territories and dependencies thereof, 

and not elsewhere, in and to the said invention and to the invention as described in the specitica~ion executed by the undersigned on even date here~ 

with, preparatory to obtaining Letters Patent in the United States therefor, 

and to all Letters Patent issuing thereon and any continuations, continuationsin-part, divisions, reissues, or extensions ot such Letters Patent; the said 

entire right, title and interest as well as the control ot the prosecution 

ot the application and all continuations, conti:nuations-in-part, diviaiona, 

reissues, or extenaions thereof as where are or that may be granted, to be 

held by the Government aa .tully and entirely as the same 110uld have been 

held by me had this assignment and sale not been made. The undersigned hereby 

gives the Gowrnment of the Uni'ted Ste.tea ot America the non-exclusi'Yft right 

to make, use or sell the said invention tor govermnental purposes in all 

toreign countries. 

Provided, however, that upon &D¥ subsequent notice ot allowance ot said 

application or ot any' aubstitutiona, divisions, continuations, or continuationain-part being given by the Commissioner ot Patents, or upon the declaration 

by the Comml.asioner ot Patents of an interference involving said application 

or any substitutions, divisions, continuations, or continuations-in-part, 

the entire right, title and interest in and to said invention and sild application or any substitutions~ divisions, continuations, or continuationa-inpart, and such patents as may be issued thereon will thereupon revert to 

him 

aub ect to an irrevocab e, non-exclus ve, and roya ~- ree r :t an oense 

rem.ining vested in the Uni tad Sta tea ot .America a1 represented by the 

Secretary ot War, to make, haw Jiil.de, to use, and to sell the subject matter 

ot said invention tor governmental purposes, to the tull . end ot the term or 

terms tor which any Letters Patent• divisions, reissues, extenaiona. continuations, or continuations-in-part are or may be granted. 

/s/ Floyd \Y. Tomkins, Jr., lst Lt., Sig o. 

witness ----------------------------------

/s/ William F. Friedman 

Before me. a notary "Dublic in and tor the County or Arlington 

State of Virginia appeared the above-named 

William F, Fr;UMlmoo per--s-o_na_,..l_.l_7_kiiO __ wn __ t""o-me--,-wb-o ___ _ 

in Dl1' presence executed the foregoing assignment and acknowledged that his 

execution thereof was his free act and deed. 

Signed at Arlington, Virginia this 2.3rd day ot August ------------ _l_9_t.4 __ • 

/s/ Marie Susan Palmer 

(SEAL) ' llotaey Public 8/28/46 

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