National Machine Products Co. v. Ladd

JACKSON, District Judge.

This civil action was brought pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 145 seeking judgment of this Court authorizing the defendant, Commissioner of Patents, to issue Letters Patent of the United States containing claims 4, 11 and 16 of an application Serial No. 617,763, entitled “Self-Locking Nut and Method and Tool for Making the Same”, filed October 23, 1956 by Russell E. Burt, and assigned to the plaintiff, National Machine Products Company.

The invention described in the application relates to a lock nut and method for making the same, both of which are best described by the…