Legal Opinion
Joy v. Morgan
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 7, 1924No. 1616PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
In an interference between the application of Edmund C. Morgan and a patent to Joseph F. Joy, relative to a subcombination of a coal-loading machine or device, the Commissioner of Patents awarded priority to Morgan. His application was filed in 1910, and a division of that application in 1916. Joy filed in 1916, and secured a patent in 1919, while Morgan’s application was pending.
The issue is expressed in two counts, reading thus:
1. In a loading machine of the class described, a gathering mechanism including a^substantially horizontally arranged finger and means to move…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Courson v. O'ConnorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1915
- Dickinson v. SwinehartCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1920
- Walser v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
3Cited by7 opinions
- Harper v. ZimmermannDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1930
- Thompson v. DunnCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1948
- Crane v. GrierCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1934
- Eclipse Mach. Co. v. E. Krieger & Son, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- Abbott v. ShepherdCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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