Am and Cm—Patents Pending
MAY 01, 1964
DOI: 10.1063/1.3051587
An Atomic Energy Commission application for patents on elements 95 and 96 has been upheld by the US Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. The decision overrules the Patent Office’s contention that the production of both americium and curium is inherent in the operation of a self‐sustaining uranium pile, and is therefore protected by a patent granted to the late Enrico Fermi and others.
© 1964. American Institute of Physics
