Jacques Andre Stohr v. Edward J. Brenner, Commissioner of Patents

Appellants seek review of a district court determination adverse to their claims brought in a consolidated civil suit under 35 U.S.C. § 145 (1964). Briefly, appellants asked the district court to enter a judgment authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to grant Reissue Letters Patent based upon certain claims in the continuation reissue application No. 393,800 (entitled “Metal Welding Methods”). 1 In the district court counsel for both sides agreed that the case could be simplified and expedited by considering only claims 5, 9, and 11 (which are representative of all other claims) of reissue…