War Claims Arbiter

The two military departments appointed officers and several assistants who investigated patents and worked closely with the War Claims Arbiter to establish the value. I.G. Farben had no way of knowing to what extent the patents of their constituent firms had been used, which meant the reports from the military officers became almost entirely the sole source of... 

Ibid., 211-214. Although the original TWEA would have permitted patent royalty claims throughout the entire war, the War Claims Act amended that provision to exclude the period when the United States actively participated in the war. "Memorandum for the War Claims Arbiter" (5 Oct 1928), RG 60, entry 228, box 3. 

Generally, this was a smooth relationship, although the lawyers in the War Claims Arbiter s office expressed frustration that the War Department could not produce their reports on patent use more quickly. Alexander Holtzhoff, "Memorandum for Assistant Attorney General [Herman] Galloway" (16 Apr 1929), RG 60, entry 228, box 2. 

The archival records for the War Claims Arbiter (RG 60, entries 209-228) do not reveal which patents belonged to the secret Group B, but my best guess is that they were the Haber-Bosch patents related to the fixation of nitrogen. 

Motion, LG. Farbenindustrie, A.G., v. the United States, before the War Claims Arbiter" (9 Dec 1931) undated memoranda and working notes, RG 60, entry 228, box 4, folder on Group A patents. 

The two military departments appointed officers and several assistants who investigated patents and worked closely with the War Claims Arbiter to establish the value. 

Holtzoff, Enemy Patents in the United States, 273-75 Parker, War Claims Arbiter, Administrative Decision No. 1, 196 Minutes of the War Claims Arbiter, June 7, 1928, NARA, RG 60, entry 209, box 1. Edwin B. Parker died in the fall of 1929 after having... 

Parker, Edwin B. War Claims Arbiter, Administrative Decision No. 1. American Journal of International Law 23 (1929) 193-233. 

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