Legal Opinion
Horizons Titanium Corporation v. Norton Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 5, 1961No. 5764PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.
In 1959 the Commissioner of Patents dismissed a patent application in interference on the ground that after execution by the inventor counsel had made certain alterations therein not shown to be “immaterial or harmless.” In order to challenge the propriety of this action Horizons Titanium Corporation, the applicant’s apparent successor in interest, instituted a mandamus proceeding in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the Commissioner of Patents and the Secretary of Commerce. A motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim was filed…
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