Armstrong v. De Forest

This proceeding in equity invokes section 4915 of the United States Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 9460), which provides:

“Whenever a patent on application is refused, either by the Commissioner of Patents or by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia upon appeal from the Commissioner, the applicant may have remedy by bill in equity; and the court having cognizance thereof, on notice to adverse parties and other due proceedings had, ma.y adjudge that such applicant is entitled, according to law,-to receive a patent for his invention, as specified in his claim, or for any part thereof, as…