Legal Opinion
Hoover Co. v. Coe
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 7, 1945No. 486PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
The question presented is whether a District Court has jurisdiction of a suit under R. S. 4915 1 to review the refusal of a claim for patent as not reading on the application. The court below answered in the negative.
The respondent confesses error. The language of the Act, its legislative history, administrative practice, and judicial construction, constrain us to hold that the District Court had jurisdiction of the suit and that the Court of Appeals should have reviewed its decision upon the merits.
January 10, 1941, the petitioner’s assignor filed application for a reissue of a patent…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Butterworth v. United States Ex Rel. HoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Hill v. WoosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Gandy v. MarbleSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- United States Ex Rel. Baldwin Co. v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Radtke Patents Corporation v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by74 opinions
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- California Research Corporation v. David L. Ladd, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
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