Misegades & Douglas v. William E. Schuyler, Jr., Commissioner of Patents, United States Patent Office

Appellant instituted this action in the District Court pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(a) (3), seeking to enjoin the Commissioner of Patents from withholding certain Patent Office documents. Appellant sought to examine a completed Patent Office Form PO 892, which was prepared in connection with Patent Application Serial No. 666,526.

The District Court, 328 F.Supp. 619, held that the Patent Office had correctly withheld this particular Form PO 892 from appellant because the form contained information concerning a pending application for a patent, and, therefore,…