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1. The Bo!l:r'1 bit st l011V) A..i!., S•ptember e. HM.?. &M a.sai.'"1 11.t 10•00 

A.:~., &ept81l'bi,r 12, 194!!• ln Room C>S26a Penta.~n au! 1d1ng, with the to116w-

,lnr; preree'1~i 

C'llonel Corl1"ad E. Snmr, (Le:;al !3r£.oh.) J (pa.rt tbm) 

Colo~el R. ?. Sahloaber&, {~r.::iy Pictorial Service)J (Part time) Lte~te~~nt Colonel Donal~ K. Lippincott. (LeGal Br&llCh) 

Lieutenant Colonel 11'. A. :oppinc, tor Colonel ~f. V. Pa.rur (Plant Division) 

Capta.i'l" ~t"'tijsmn. J. ehrol'!Y, f'or Colonel ?om. c. Rift• (Radar Dl.rision) 

'F\.rat Ueutenant !. :. ~Q.rtin, Jr., f'o'f" ~eutenant Colcmel J, D. O'CO'!mell 

(General nevelop!!!ent 9nu:.ch) I ~ 

First I.leutenVlt Cl'IArlea rr. S~&ger- tor Colo~el R. T. ~hlos~or, (Arn7 

Pictorb.1 Stt~} l (Part ti=e) 

2. t';:ion ::notion made a1'd. ~an:i?"lou•~' pas•ed, the Board d•t.nn1ned that 

the poli~y of the SiDt1.l Corp a as to !'iltent ri l;hte f'or invention• by Oovet'"'lll'29ttt 

person.."lel llhc-u ~ii be "• follows: 

a-All personnel ot the eenra.1 Si&ll-Bl Corp• labora.toriet clae:11 .. 

- U'ied as (1) O:ttioer of' the .A.rm;,• of ~he Unit od St.tee or ttie 

4rm;r SFeci«li•t Co.L"Fft• end (2) professional or sub-proreasional 

eMployee• ot dte Government be requ.eated to ma.kt? complete assi01-

ment to th~ United States Gcv~1"'J!lle1lt o~ ~11 ri£hta. title and 

interest toa 

{l) Any and nll l~vent~ 'ns ccr.:iceivod on Goverr.:nmrt: time. 

(2) IJly and a.11 invent!.<="ne rel.a.ting to Si&12al Corps work 

or"interest conceived at any time durin~ the period or 

er:zploymen-t:: by the Government or c!ur1ng acti..,.e aervice 

in the Arr:;/. 

3. A. :f\u·t.her ;;mrpoee of the meeting "119.a tn consider the rollmring 

in"Tentione and tD make r'9commend.ationa tor their dispoaitiozu 

a-Sweer liagni:f'ier for SCH-270-E' by Lt. !.!aurico E. B)'l'11e, 

- 504 Signa 1 (Alf) Reg't., Plant Field, Tampa, Fla. 

b-Coded Frequencies by Capt. Nathan !riaber&• Radio O.t"ficer, 

- I!q. Puerto Rican Dep 1 t., 6e..'1. Jua~. Puerta Rice. 

c-jetec~i~n and Use or t:ltra-Hi&h 1requer.c~ RadiatiCMs by 

- Arthur ~. Knit;ht,. S'lr;nal Corpe Aircraft P..a.dio I.abora.tor7. 

W'right Field, Dayt0?1, Ohio. 

d-.A.u~o""-t1c C->ntrol by P.ues~ll G. Pelton. OCSlgO (Legal Branch) -

.!.,'!'gmperature Compensati't1c ~eana for Electrical Circuite by 

ic.u.:s se 11 A. Be re,, S i{;n a. l Co rp11 General Development I.IL bo ra tor :r, 

Ft. J.!oamouth, P.ed B!Ulk, Y. J. 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 09-12-2013 pursuantto E .0. 1352a i) . ,,,, -SF.CR£+ 

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SIGNAL CCllPS P~.tiUtOO)~ .. TING NO. 39 • 

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SPSUl 

t-Method of Oscilloscope Synehroni sation by Lt. Lawrence J. 

Giacoletto, Signal Corps General Development Laboratory,, 

Ft. Monmouth, Red Bank, N.J. 

&-Plug tor Shielded Co-Axial Wire by Amory R. Waite, Signal 

Corps General Developnent Laboratory, Ft. Monmouth, Red 

Bank, N.J. 

h-F..mergene;y Telephone System bJ' Xemieth J. h7, S:lgnal. Corps 

General Developnent Laboratory, Ft. )lo:mouth, Bed Bank, N.J. 

,1-Convoy Beacon by Herman R. Price, SigMl r.orps General De- • 

velopment Laborator,y, Ft. Monmouth, Red Bank, H.J. 

j-SO'l.Uld Operated Sul:aarine Depth Bomb b;J" Herman R. !'rice, 

Signal Corps General Develoiaent Laboratory, :rt. Monn.mth, 

Red Bank, N.J. 

!;-Aerial Bomb by Mr. Fiq E. Null, Signal Corps General 

Development Laboratory, Ft. Monmouth, Red Bank, N.J. 

,Ji-Remotely Controlled Marine Torpedo by Glen Peterson, Signal Corps GeneraJ Developnent Laboratory, Ft. Monmouth, 

Red Bank..t N.J • 

.1-Anti-Submarine Device by Jack Tobolowsky, Signal Corps 

Enlisted Reserve, Del.las, Texas. 

,a-TeletJP9 .Me.chine by Hormell ti. Greene, Tech. 5th Grade,, 

183rid. Signal Repair Co., Camp Crowder, Missouri. 

,2-Method of Prc!Jagating Hert:zian Waves Beyond the Optical 

Horizon. by Carl A. Wiley 1 Jr., Radio 11ngineer 1 Aircraft 

Radio Laboratory, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. 

~-Holder and Viewer for Transparencies by Philip Chalfin, 

Principle Engineering Aide 1 Sign.al Corps General Development laboratory 1 Ft. Momnouth, Red Bank, N.J. 

s.-Veaael. Oommuni.cat.ion System and Buoy Signal Device by 

Sgt. Russell J. Reill.J'1 7~9th Signal Platoon, Patterson 

Field, Fa.irf'ield, Ohio. 

i:-Equipnent for Code Instruction by John ll1. Petty and Thomas 

M. Morse, Assistant Radio Operating Instru.otors, Air Corps 

Tech."lio&l. School, Tulsa, Oklahoma • 

.§-Teletalker by Lt. Theodore c. Kahn, Air Oorps Materiel Division• 

Office of Eastern District Supt r. , New York, N. I. 

!-Ylireless Teletype by Sgt. Howard J. Dirlam, 148th Arm1d. 

Signal Co., 8th Arm'd. Division, Ft. Knox, Ky. 
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SIGNAL COH.FS PATENT BOA.ru> .MEETING NO. 39 Sl-SW 

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y-Syst~m for Controlling a Plurality or Electrical Circuits 

by Pvt. Allen D. Nutter, U. s. Army. 

%-Electronic Equalization of Frequency Bandpass Vacuum Tube 

Amplifier by Pvt. Laurence E. Orne, U.S. J.rrny. 

]!-Electronics in l'fo.rfare by Sgt. Harley V. Depew, 332nd 

Service Squadron, Esl~r Field, Camp Beauregard, La. 

x-Pulsed Carrier for Gontinuoua ,f8.ve Transmission bv Julian 

- L. Bernstein, Signal Corps Trainee Repai..'r"Jll8.ll, R.c:A., Phila., Fa • 

.z-U.H.F • .Ant.enna Itast.s for Aircrai't by David A. Shaefer, 

Associate Radio Engineer, Dow Field, Bangor, Me. 

_!-Automatic Fire or Machine Guns by Vincent Hof.f."man, Civilian 

Radio Trainee, 2nd Service OOmMand, New York, N.Y. 

_y-Duplicatilli! Machine Reversing .Attachment by Capt. Gordon 

C. Avery 1 7lashinr,ton, D. C. 

4. TJ1e Board finds: 

a-That the inventions described in Paragraphs 3§, ~' 3,g, 

3,g, 3.!h 3g, 3,g, and 3.ll have sui'ficient military value to 

warrant prosecution of patent applications by the War Dep't. 

b-That the inventions arose in connection with and as a result - 0£ the official dt:.ties of the inventors. There was no specific 

designgtion to invent the things described in f aragrapha 3,!, 

3£, 3.Q., 3g, .3~, 31:, 3z, and 311· 

STThat the i..~ventors desire to obtain patents under the provisions of .'!.R. 850-50 • 

.s!-That. t..'he inventions described in Paragraphs 3.!, 3]2, 3,g 

and 3s should be kept secret. 

~-That the inventions except those mentioned in Paraf;raph 4.!l 

need not be kept secret. 

f-That th~ inventions mentioned in Paragraphs 3,!, .3..1. 1 .3}£ and 

Jl pertain to the Navy ,im.d are of more interest to that 

Department than to the Signal Corps. 

g-That further information is desired as to the inventions 

described in Paragraphs 3a ar:.d Jn. 

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SIGNAL CORPS PATENT BOARD MEETING NO. 39 SPSLG 

h•That a petent application has been filed by Capt. Gordon c. - Avery on the invention mentioned in Paragraph 3aa; that Capt. 

Avery desires to give the Government a tree license in return tor the Government completing the prosecution ot said 

patent application; and that the said invention has sui'f icient 

military value to warrant prosecution of patent application 

by the War Department. 

i-That Pvt. Orne showed good electronic reasoning in the - invention :mentioned in Paragre.ph 3v which might be ot 'Value 

to the Signal Corps if' he were assigned to a position in 

which his ability might be exercised. 

5. The Boa.rd recoill!lendss 

a-That a patent appli~stion be filed at Government expense 

- on the inventions mentioned in Paragraphs 3!• 3~! 32_, 3d. 

3!_, 3£ • and 3h. 

b•Tha.t a patent application be not filed at Government expense - on the inventions mentioned in Paragraphs 3o, ~.f., 3,i, 3!,, 

3s, 3t, 3u, 3v, 3w, 3x, 3y, and 3z. - - - - - - - - c-That the inventions mentioned in Paragraph 4f be torwarded - to the Navy Department for necessary action.-

d-~hat action be deferred on the inventions mentioned in - Paragraph 4g pending receipt of further information. 

e-Tbat there be no objection to the inventions mentioned in - Paragraphs So, 3p, 3q, 3r 1 3a, 3t. 3u, 3v, 3w, 3x, 3y, and 3z 

11pplying for-a patent at-their oWn. expense i?' they ao desire. 

f-1'hat the Gover!ll!lent complete prosecution or patent application 

-mentioned in Parar;raph '!!,and obtain a free license. 

g-Th&t complete assignments be requested £or the inventions - mentioned in Paragraph 5a in accordance with the polioy 

outlined in Par&I;Z"aph 2. 

h-That Pvt. Orne be called to the attention of J!ilitary Per- - sonnel Division tor consideration as to assignment to a 

position, pos~ibly a commission, in which better use may be 

r.lfl.de or his ability. 
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Lieu.tenctnt Colonel, Sien.al Corrr, 

Acting Chair:'iUUl ·-

~· S. T. ~artir, Jr. 

FirEt Lie,ttena.nt, E~c:nnl Corps 

/};J/fJ , __ 

First Lieutenar.t, 

c~~N.~r, Sign.nl Co~ps 

APP hO'llrm 

with the 

above. 

DAl'fSO~! CU:STEA:J 

Ms.~or General, 

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Chief SiCDS l 0£.Ciccr o!' the· Army 

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