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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 05:12:00+00:00

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[240 U.S. 537, 538] Messrs. George W. Ramsey and Hosea B. Moulton for appellant.
The claimant, in the year 1906, brought his petition to recover upon the basis of an implied contract for the alleged use by the government of his patented invention, consisting of a stamp holder. The claim was for profits alleged to have been made between April 16, 1900, and June 30, 1905. Another petition was filed, in 1911, upon the same basis, to recover profits for the period between June 30, 1905, and June 30, 1910. Motion to consolidate the two suits, as involving the same issues, was granted. Upon hearing, the court made findings of fact, and held that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover. 49 Ct. Cl. 19.
It is apparent that these facts furnished no basis for a finding of implied contract on the part of the government to pay for the use of the invention,-the only ground upon which the petitions were cognizable in the court of claims. Schillinger v. United States, 155 U.S. 163, 170 , 39 S. L. ed. 108, 111, 15 Sup. Ct. Rep. 85; United States v. Berdan Fire-Arms Mfg. Co. 156 U.S. 552, 556 , 39 S. L. ed. 530, 531, 15 Sup. Ct. Rep. 420; Russell v. United States, 182 U.S. 516, 530 , 45 S. L. ed. 1210, 1215, 21 Sup. Ct. Rep. 899; Crozier v. Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft, 224 U.S. 290, 303 , 304 S., 56 L. ed. 771, 775, 776, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 488; United States v. Societe Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Cail, 224 U.S. 309, 311 , 56 S. L. ed. 778, 780, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 479. In this view, the consolidated petition was properly dismissed and it is unnecessary to consider the questions which have been argued with respect to actual use and the validity of the claimant's patent. The second petition related to a period extending to June 30, 1910, thus embracing five days after the approval of the act of June 25, 1910, chap. 423, 36 Stat. at L. 851, Comp. Stat. 1913 , 9465, permitting the recovery from the government of reasonable compensation in cases of infringement. Crozier v. Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft, 224 U.S. 290, 303 , 304 S., 56 L. ed. 771, 775, 776, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 488. This petition, however, like the first, did not purport to present a case within this act, but was rested solely upon implied contract. The judgment, however, should be without prejudice to the presentation of any claim the petitioner may have under the statute; and with this modification the judgment is affirmed.

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