Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Wentworth
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 31, 1908No. 442PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Hearing on an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents in an interference proceeding. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdel
This is an appeal [by William Gordon] from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents in an interference proceeding involving the priority of the invention of a machine for beating out shoe uppers. Both parties are applicants upon an invention which the tribunals of the Patent Office have all held embodied the invention in issue. Appellee, Samuel J. Went-worth, is the senior party. His application was filed in the Patent Office on December 8, 1904. Appellant’s application was filed on March 23, 1905. The issue upon which the appeal is based is as follows:
“1. A machine for beating out shoe…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kendall v. WinsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
3Cited by2 opinions
- Robert C. Woofter v. Vernon E. CarlsonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
- Osgood v. RidderstromCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1934