JEROME ,F' EIAA ... AAO 

EANl!:ST F'. MENAY 

LAW OF',.ICl!:S OF' 

BARNARD & HENRY 

SUITE 300 KELLOGG l!SUILOING 

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Secretary of Defense, nashin~ton 25 1 D. c. 

Sacretary, Department of the Ar:ny, ·.v,!sh1ngto:-: 25, D. c. 

Secretary, Depart~ent of the Air Force, 

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W~ writ~ as 3ttorr.ey3 for '.'.'r. Edward H. Hebern, also . 

. knJ·,"ln as ?.'. E.: ~1ebern, "::'hose _:)resent address is 485 - '_40th Street, Oaklan:~, Cnlifornla, .an·• also his assignee, The International -~ Co~q ·. 3c'li:n·~ ':o:-r.)~ny t Reno, Nevada, a corporation duly organized , under ~a ~A of' :3e?ternaer 15, 1926 and .~xisting under and :,bY:. virtue 

of t~ · lqws o: ... th·· 3ta · .. e of Nevada with -its principal· otf'ice and · , 

:-i·l·;ce o~ b'~sincss at 139 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada, -f ' ' ·~. ;< 

<-~nd .also 1 ts_ assignee, the Hebern Code :~achin~ Corporation, th• ... ~:..:::r~~ ns~~ of whic: w,.s char:.ged after t~e cissigneent, ::iore ~articularly · ·. ~-~ t.:~rn~nafter rsf,'1!'~ea to, to its present nan:e, Hebern Code, Inc., · a C')r )~rat i:l;i duly organ1. ?.:ec under date of May 17, 1945' ~nd •X:is'.9 

t' •1:: un~er anro by virtue of th·~ laws of tre '}tate of Nevada, .~also. 

·1;i t'.-": ;>r~r:cip~.1 offici:: 'ln~ ;Jl·:lce or bu.siness at 139 North Vir:ginj,.a :-:_,, ... . :i tTeet, : ~n---:, ~~-"va-:'J, -:vr:-1..ch is :r-" ::ddress of the- resident :agent:,·: ·.::c:;:. 

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Oar clier.t~ complain of actS>-:.done by or for the ·u:nited_-:~_:_- \~~;~: ~)t~.t~s _ ~ ....... as-:-·?rt o~ irforme_-:ion ar.•1,.belief, as follo.wss-~-· --··-•-,,...,.; .. ,,, ....... -- • "" .4 • .' •.•• '. -~'~'. ~:~.~~.' '-~~ 

I. l'_ J~ V·i3 clair. arises under ~h~ pror-isions .or ... the_-";~,-\/ . .'.}., . _ ~ct.. r.r., JwP.~ ?.5, 1910 ( 36 :·~tat. 851.), a~ amended by the _Acts .ot '. . _:J ---~~~~ . ... :i ... ~J ._~:~y 1, 'i"t)lo (40 3tat. '705.) and October.·31, 1942 (56 Stat.- lO;llt-•tt-:'·~·,.' ~-1'."1 recover r""<lSc;n...-1ble anci entire com;)ensation fr:ir.i the United,,~-'· l:-: . .31:.ates ~or the unauthorized use by or for the lrmed_Services·~t'r:-:·:~-:;~" 

th·:::· ~Jni ted ,j tat ~s, pnrticulsrly -che tl:en \-.ar and Navy De.partments9: -~~, > 

;-:n ~he n1ted .c;··.ces Coa:>t ~:u&rd, o·f equipment and apparatus .. L~.:'.i/t 

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ernbodyi-:?.; th~-:. 1nvent1·:ms described in and covered by the rollowing ~ettqr~ ?atent or inv~ntton of the United States. 

5. H. Heb_e-rn ':latent No. 1;683,0'72 granted 

September 4, 1?28 on gn ap9licat:or. fi1ed Uay 171 1927 b:r G;c·-rard H. Hebern, bein~ a reiss11e or Reissue Patent, S~r1al No. 67~,89d, on an application 

filcj· Nave~ber 20, 1923, beinr described as Super 

Code or Electric Cod~ Machine. -

6. H. nebern Patent No. 1,861,85'?, granted June 

7, 19 32 ori :;n appl tea ti on filed May 1'7, 1927, by 

Edw~rd JI. Hcbern, being a reissue of Reissu~ Patent, 

So.rial :~o. 192 ,074 on an ap:>licati':>n filed May 17 t 

1927, being :s Cryptographic i•achine and Sy-stern, and _ als:i describeci 1s Univ~rsal Dogs. -

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::alter~;. F'nnning Patent. No~ 2,267,196,- granted 

Decer.1be~ 2), 1 ·

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41 on an B;J.?lieation filed July 5, 

l'/}-3_, s~:ria-1 No. 2?17,480, -by .alter N. Fanning,_ bein~ 

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a -.'Hrii'\g Sy-»t~M an~ also descri bod as Remote Control -· , ... ·~ · :··· .. ~· ;- "~· 

Sys t e 11) • _ ", -.-< "J "~~::.!:~( r.:;. H. Hebern Pat.ent No. 2,269,31+1, granted J'an~l'?.:.r·',:j~:'.·'~~J3: 

6, 1C)42 on an.:ip;>li-cation filed Nqvember 8, 1938, '<0'-> 7~L, 

~ -r :al No. 2 39 ,469, by Edw3rd H. He!ern,. being Remo~"~· <·;\:~-:f~~~~ 

·vonvrol,. and also known as f!\essage i:r.ansmiss1on De!lce. ·:.,::·~-:)·:·Yi~ -- r· -·'. :- · l~\I"' 

£ •. H. Hebern ?atent ~~o. 2,373,890, granted April · ., · .. ,,~-:~:~~~~~. J.7, 1945 on nn application filed October 31 1938, -- · ·~-:+t."1·:.~ 

SerL;~ ~lo. 232,995, o;r Edw3:·d H. Hebern, being New _ .. ·:,·:-:-:~·~{ .. Co. c .,he~l, :ind alsi:> :\:noT'n 3S C 1pher Uachine. - .·;:.;;.~-,:::$ · 

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2. 'That on the datas_ of er:int set forth in Paragraph,'l::7r~:r:. 

he:reDf ti\-e _patents t~ere listed ·w&"tre duly and legally issuede·: -:-:~.~-~- '" •• 

' ' . - - , :: !_.~--t:~" ., 3. 7hilt cl('.)l:nant, Hcbern code, Inc., under chan&;ed 1)~;:_:·· :·' 

a c. afo:-e-!'.c·n t lo '1e~~ rr?rr: _ i:ebern Corie _IY.8ch1~ <Zorporat1on, by_ dul7 ::E ·: 

recor:e·1 assi~~m.er.t, first rror.'l said Edward H. Hebern to the In,l;,, 

l\d U o:nal Code 1~chir.P. Cor:ipany, and by assignments ot~J;}:le_ .~.n:te~~ 

L 10:-1al lode 1·uchin::- Cor.pany to the Hebern Code Macn~•· C~rpoi-atl 

un.:er dat~ of' J'ay 2?., 1945, and recorded in the Un1~·1,lJ~,a.tea:-!:Jr; f'n tent Office unrer date of June 11, 1945 at File No.-,~ .. I'"!'~~'' ::_. . 

K-203-PaGe 5'6, is th~ owner of the entire, right, titll,t. -~ ,;,~~Ji~~1~ttJ :· 

est in end t() each or. the patents lis i:ed in Paragraph ·1 . _ tii>t.'.t.,'' ':_:tr"· ·" togeth·~r v•ith the r-tt.ht to receive reasonable compensati f(torJ-~··;:~' 

the unauthorL~ed use or the inventions covered thereby, ·or ~•.: .. frir.p;e'."":~·:t of sair~ patents, by others. · ~--:~~;~: . \ ~I 

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.. It.. !hat prior tp th• dat•• or application given in 

Puaaa1h 1, with reapect to each ot th• patent• enumerated 

thereinp th• patent•• ~· the .. t1r1t, origi~l and sole inventor 

ot th• i.provellellta aet tor,h·in aaid patents, which iaprovement1 

were not known.or uaecl by others 1n this couiitry betore the in- ~•ntion ol''4iaoovery thereof by the patentee, were not patented 

or de .. r1bed 1n any printed publication in this or any forai111 

0011Dt17 betore the invention or discovery thereof by said patentee, or more than two yeArs prior to the data ot application 

tor L•tters Patent, and were not in public use or ·on sale 1n this 

ooμntry more than two year-a prior to the date or application tor 

Letter• Patent, and had not been abandoned or patented nor caused 

to be patented by the patentee o.r a legal reμresentative or the 

patentee 1n any foreign country u;>on an a_a;>plicatio:1 filed more 

•ban twelve months prior to 1:he date or application for said 

pa,tent. 

5'. Tr·:at oil the· da t;es given in Paracraph l l:eroof w~th respect to the application for aach of the patents therein an~erated the patentee in each case filed in the United Jtatea 

Patent Ottice an application Tor Le.ters Patent for the 1nventi<;>n 8hown, described and clai-,,d th·~reby, and that thtireuiJOn all . requirement• of the statutes o~ th-:~ United 3tat··s thon in force 

1.n re1pect thereto having- been complie,: wl th ~he S[;l1d Le, tars 

Patent, and each th~reof, wer·e duly i15ued on said applicatior: . on the dates of grant specified in Paragraph 1 hereof wit~ resJect 

to ••ch patent, whereby there was secured to the p<::itentee and 

hi• assigns tor a period of seventeen years from the. dat.e of 

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1rant the exclusive right to make, use and sell apparatus and equip- '.aDt and use the methods embodyin~ the said inventions. 

6. l'hat no;~e of the p.1 tPntees was in the em~loy or ser-

,'; Tice of the United ~tntes at th· t1Qe he made the discovery or 

1:DY•bt1on de1cribed !n or covereel by said Letters Patent 11nd each , "· thereot, and none of the μa ten ta es nor th~~ cla i'Jiant is now in the 

•ploy or service or the Jnited Stat:s; and that thi<> claim ror 

coap.enaation is not in whole or in pa:rt based upon the use or 

•nutacturo by or for the United 3ta ··,es of any article owne<ll 

leased, 111ed by or in thrt ·μcs session o!' th"' United ;ttt te~ pr or to · J'uly l, 1918. · ' . 

7. That since the date of !:."rant of sair1 ~·~·~t,?rs Pr:tent 

and ~ch or them, and more ~articularly within six years )rior 

·to the tiling of thi~ ·Claim, a'p;>aratus and equipment emborlying the 1nftntiona ~••cr1bed. in and covered by the cla i··s or said Let~er1,Patent, and each thereof, have been manufactured by or -- tor. the United States and used by the United ;ta tes with tull 
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knowledge or claimant'• or the assignors• exclusive right• to ~•14 1nvent1o~s, but in complete disregard of' claimant'• rights 'heretp and therein and without license or claimant or lawtul 

r11ht to •anntacture or use the aame. 

~ - 8. At or about the ti~• pla1nt1tt•s asa1gnor, Edward 

: R. JJebern, contracted ror the sale an~ delivery or thirty-one (31) or '1s rt3Chines on or about June ?, 1930, said Hebern was 

·.· ••que~ ed bJ the Navy Department to keep secret certain features · · e,owrn 'by bis June ?, 1932 patent issued as No. 1 1 861,85'7, not 

.·tal.17 dUclosecl in the patent drawings, but incor~or ted in the 

•aid thirty-on• (31) code machines. The Navy Departm~nt was to -test these thirt7-one ( 31) aach1nes ~or m~chanical defects ·so as ,~ ? - to iaproYe a111 others ordered; at about this time said Hebern ?.. ,......-wu-requested by the flavy Department to sign an agreement with 

.:· · .the lsVJ' Department not to disclose the vital features incorpor- ated, in said ~1rty-one (31) machines for a term or rive (5) 

yeara, •hich •greement he signed and•s assured that the He~ 

Coa.,any would; be p.;1ven all contracts ror future machines, but 

th.ts was not done, said agreement expiring several years betore 

WOl'l.4 war II. Just prior to the commencement or World ~ar II, 

the l•vY Department purchased two· (2) •··ditional machines from 

the Bebe~n CompallT of the same type as the aforementioned thirtyo._ (31) ••Chines. . 

. ·i· 9. ·That because ot warti1::e conditions claimant has · '9ea. __..le to obtain. an in•pection or appara .. us and equipment ··~ ·. uH4 by the United State• or complete intormation concerning the \~"~· apee1t1o Mnufacturers t.hereot, but claimant 1$ : nf'ormed and be-

. ·ll•Y•S that th••• aaid invention• have been extensively utilized 

·. .an4 -1neorporat'4 in .apparatus and equipment designated in Tech- ,. ~<,aloal Manuals and Reports, tho details or which are not at . · ,, pr•••n't w11fb1n th• ltnowledge ~d i'ntoraation or claimant, so that 

olal.mant .. oam:aOt at preaent and in this! its cla1a1 set. out or 

·p&rt1oularl1ze the separate and 1pec1r c features of' use end in- -·· trlng ... nt aa· atoresaid, l»eo•u•e •• aforementioned as to the de-

'· . tails, and deai1nation thereof claimant presently is not informed. 

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10. That prior to the presentation or this claim the , / UJ.litecl State• waa duly notitl•d ot claimant'• .,atents 1U1d 1ts 

,.1 rlcht• tht11reunder. . 

""' . u. That no act1on'upon claimant'• claim haa been had . by·~ or the Department• or b1 the Congre1•1 that no person other 

.than olaiaant is owner tbereot.or is 1ntere•te4 there1n1 that no . 'a•alan-ent .DOJ' tran•t•r baa \Men aade or aa1d claim or &ft7 part - ·~~eot or 1.ntereat th•r•1n1 and that claiaant 1• justly entitled 
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to compensation ··rorn tho t1n1tecl 3ta tes after al low1!1g all just credits and orts~ts. 

12. That at the ti"!e ot applying ror and the issuance 

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or suid L.e+:.t,,r·; ~atentt &'le each thereof, the patentees, flnf. since :.~e acq'li·-~1t1!)n thereof" by clt1iroant, the claimant bore and at all 

times ~r1or ~hern.to and thereafter, has borne true allegiance 

to the Govermnent or the :.ini tee ':ta tt~s, ·and has not in any way 

voluntaril/ aided, abetted, or Q'.1\1'en encouragement to any rebellion 

aga1r.st the !l!rdii Govern·rent. 

13. l'hu t the ~xact amount claimant asks for in 1 ts 

favor ·~ainst thtt l.inited :>tatec; ia nnt known to claimant an~ cannot be stoted until cl&1man~ has h&n an opportunity to ascertain 

rrom recordg exclu•-:ively in th" Possession or the United States, 

the detP.rml·:inr factors in estimating the reasonabla and entire 

com?ensation due 1tl but esti:-:'.ltes the amount thereof to be 1n · 

excess of .P'ifty .\~11 ion Doll~rs ($?0,000,000.) 1 and cla !mant gives 

notice that it will requ:·st :md a3ll U;JOn· the Armed 3t?r1ricas of 

the United .;;tate · ror the docwnentary evidenc• or such !'~:1sonable 

anr. entir~ com?•nsatlor: for t.11 unauthorized use ;:>art1c1.J'.: ted 1~, 

by or for thq Government under the prov1s1ons o~ the st:..tutes h~rein refer~~d to. 

14. , It is hereby res?eattully requested th"t claimant 

be arro~~ed and gra~ted as soon as reasonably convenient to th~ 

Services all necessary conrerences, inforrr<~ ti on t d ~.ta and hearings 

as part of ull pertinent negotistio·.s looking to a~:.iroprtat~ settlement Jf t 1 ilS the cla11!1ant' s pet1 ti::·n ror eompensat1 r.! ad Justments. 

I the event th5t a preliminary conrer~nce wou ~ be 

helpf~11 tn ~his con~~Jction •~ wo1.lld be glgd to conr~r at !uch time 

nd place es yo'.1 suee"'st. 

RespeQttully submitted, 

BY._.,...,. ____ ..... ____ ~----~~~--~- rn Code, . ·nc., 

oner-11 known •• Hebern Cpd• Machin~ Corporation, a cotpora• tion or Reno, NeY&da, el•imant, and 

others as hereinbetore specified. 

Copies to Ch1et ot Raval Research, United 3tates Wavy Adjutant General, United :ltate1 A.nq 

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