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TL;DR: My father, William Steell Jackson, was employed by the Southern Bell Telephone Company as an electrical engineer in 1897-98, later was an examiner in the U.S. Patent Office, and still later practiced as a patent lawyer in Philadelphia.
Abstract: Before commenting on Dr. James E. Brittain's splendidly written and well-researched article on the loading coil, I should disclose my bias. My father, William Steell Jackson, was employed by the Southern Bell Telephone Company as an electrical engineer in 1897-98, later was an examiner in the U.S. Patent Office, and still later practiced as a patent lawyer in Philadelphia. During the latter part of his tenure in the Patent Office, he was an assistant examiner of interferences, and, under the practice then followed, he was assigned to do the spade work and write the first draft of the decision in the case of Campbell versus Pupin, which was one of the most important interferences ever decided by the Patent Office. Actually, he left the Patent Office before the decision was completed and then went back to complete his work at the request of the Patent Office. He spent about six months total on the case. I have heard him discuss the matter many times, and what I will say about the facts is entirely based on my recollection of what he told me.
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