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Earl R. Larson Papers, 1981-1985

INVENTOR NAME: Larson, Earl R.

REPOSITORY:
Charles Babbage Institute
211 Andersen Library
222 - 21st Avenue South
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-624-5050
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/index.html

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
1 folder
SUMMARY:
As a judge of the Fourth Division of the United States District Court in Minnesota, Larson presided over the Honeywell vs. Sperry Rand trial (1971-1973) and ruled Sperry Rand’s patent invalid partly because the patent was derived from the work of John V. Atanasoff. Papers include correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to the Honeywell vs. Sperry Rand trial and John V. Atanasoff’s recognition as the inventor of the electronic digital computer.
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FINDING AID: http://www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/inv/cbi00031.html
SUBJECTS:  Computers
 
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