Legal Opinion
Dowling v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 13, 1933No. 48PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit under R. S. § 4915 (35 US CA § 63), to “authorize” the Commissioner of Patents to issue a patent to the plaintiffs, assignees of one Mas, for a. design to be used upon bottles. The facts are very fully stated in the opinion below, and we need not repeat them here. Mas’s earlier conception is, as we understand it, conceded; at any rate it was proved beyond any possible doubt to go back of 1924, and the Patent Office so found. Two quite independent questions thereupon arise: First, whether Mas reduced his invention “to practice” with reasonable diligence;…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Morgan v. DanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Spiller v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Barrett Co. v. Koppers Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1927
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3Cited by24 opinions
- United States v. RosenbergCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Abbott v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- United States v. Frank CostelloCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Mas v. Coca-Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
- Hyatt v. KapposCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
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