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Earl Larson

18 Dec 1911 – 31 Oct 2001

Where you meet Earl Larson

In 1973 Judge Earl Larson invalidates the patent for ENIAC, another electronic computer.

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Earl R. Larson; United States District Court, District of Minnesota Honeywell Inc. v. Sperry Rand Corporation and Illinois Scientific Developments, Inc.: Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order for Judgment (excerpts) PDF Iowa State University Library, John Vincent Atanasoff Collection · 1973 · 47–49; final unnumbered order
University of Pennsylvania, University Archives and Records Center ENIAC Trial Exhibits Master Collection, UPD 8.12 University Archives finding aids
Computer History Museum Atanasoff-Berry Computer Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing

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JVA Initiative Committee; Iowa State University Atanasoff-Berry Computer: Operation/Purpose John Vincent Atanasoff Discovery Center
John Gustafson Reconstruction of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer PDF The First Computers—History and Architectures, ed. Raúl Rojas and Ulf Hashagen; MIT Press · 2000 · 91–106
Federal Judicial Center Larson, Earl Richard Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges

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User:Manop · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Not a portrait: Reconstruction of the ABC computer. The story explains its connection to the patent case.

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Photo: User:Manop / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Reconstruction of the Atanasoff–Berry Computer in the Durham Center. Processed image.