Legal Opinion
In re Hoover Co.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 1, 1943No. 4653PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBland, Judge
The Hoover Company, as assignee of Bernard C. Becker, deceased, has here appealed from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming that of the Primary Examiner in rejecting claims 20 to 23, inclusive, and 26 to 28, inclusive, of an application for a patent relating to a suction cleaner, such as a mechanical carpet sweeper, and particularly relating to an improved odorizer unit in such cleaner.
It is unnecéssary to discuss the invention or to set out the claims, since the sole ground of rejection of the claims was that of estoppel. The subject-matter of the…
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