Legal Opinion
In re Smithey
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 3, 1920No. 1295PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents. Application by Marvin Smithey for a patent. From a decision of the Commissioner, rejecting three claims, applicant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
Appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents rejecting three claims, of which the third will serve as an example:
“3. An apparatus substantially as described, comprising a casing, odometers for indicating the results accomplished, said odometers being automatically operated in securing such results, and a manually operated and controlled register or registers for indicating the material or materials consumed for effecting such results.”
Applicant has placed within the casing of an ordinary speedometer and odometer two manually operated registers, the object of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gas Machinery Co. v. United Gas Improvement Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
3Cited by3 opinions
- Dunkley Co. v. Central California CanneriesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
- Smithey v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924
- In re LudwickCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1925