Legal Opinion

Cherry-Burrell Corporation v. Coe

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided June 19, 1944No. 8487PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

■MILLER, Associate Justice.

This case involves milk bottle washing machinery which appellant claims is inventive in character — even though it may appear to the uninitiated as relatively simple and easy of accomplishment — because it was originated by employees of appellant only after many preliminary experiments; and thereafter required the expenditure of great effort and the incurring of considerable expense to bring it to a successful conclusion and sufficient perfection to secure commercial adaptation and acceptance. As has been pointed out many times, the products of such activities are…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Abbott v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  2. Kirsch Mfg. Co. v. Gould Mersereau Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
  3. Busell Trimmer Co. v. StevensSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Radtke Patents Corporation v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
  5. Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Aktieselskabet Af 21. November 2001 v. Fame Jeans Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
  2. Hoover Co. v. CoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Gold Seal Co. v. Weeks, Secretary of CommerceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
  4. Gold Seal Company v. WeeksDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1955
  5. Gilbert v. Marzall, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950

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