Case: BERT N. ADAMS, EMMA ADAMS, GEORGE HALLINGBY (INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF OLAF HALLINGBY, DECEASED), JANE MAESEL, IRIS PETRY, LEWIS M. SCHOTT, MARY ELLEN HALLINGBY SEIMERS, AND HELEN LOUISE SUTCLIFFE (INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ERNEST M. SUTCLIFFE, DECEASED) v. THE UNITED STATES
Abbreviation: Adams v. United States
Decision Date: 1966-02-21
Docket Number: No. 163-60
Citation: 174 Ct. Cl. 1293
Volume: 174
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: BERT N. ADAMS, EMMA ADAMS, GEORGE HALLINGBY (INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF OLAF HALLINGBY, DECEASED), JANE MAESEL, IRIS PETRY, LEWIS M. SCHOTT, MARY ELLEN HALLINGBY SEIMERS, AND HELEN LOUISE SUTCLIFFE (INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ERNEST M. SUTCLIFFE, DECEASED) v. THE UNITED STATES
Judges: 
Pages: 1293–1293

Head Matter:
BERT N. ADAMS, EMMA ADAMS, GEORGE HALLINGBY (INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF OLAF HALLINGBY, DECEASED), JANE MAESEL, IRIS PETRY, LEWIS M. SCHOTT, MARY ELLEN HALLINGBY SEIMERS, AND HELEN LOUISE SUTCLIFFE (INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ERNEST M. SUTCLIFFE, DECEASED) v. THE UNITED STATES
No. 163-60
[165 Ct. Cl. 576, 598 ; 330 F. 2d 622; 383 U.S. 39]

Opinion:
On writ, of certiorari to review the action of the United States Court of Claims in holding that the petitioners' patent was valid and infringed and that petitioners were entitled to recover compensation for the unlicensed use of their patented invention covering an electric battery, the Supreme Court granted certiorari (380 U.S. 949) and affirmed on February 21, 1966 (383 U.S. 39) the decision of the Court of Claims on the issue of validity of the patent, holding that the patent was valid since it satisfied the separate tests of novelty, nonobviousness and utility required for the issuance of a patent.