Legal Opinion
Alonzo L. Smith v. Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents, John T. Hayward
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 2, 1955No. 12031_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is taken in a suit under Rev.Stat. § 4915 (1875), as amended, to> obtain issuance of a patent. 1
On September 16, 1938, plaintiff-appellant Smith filed an application with the Patent Office entitled “Gas Detector for Drilling-Muds.” 2 Some months later, John T. Hayward filed an application for a claimed invention of similar nature. An interference proceeding (No. 81,858) was thereafter initiated in the Patent Office, on four stated counts. The Board of Interference Examiners ruled in favor of Hayward, and Smith appealed to the United States Court of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Daniels v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- In Re ColeCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1936
- Pure Oil Co. v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc. (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- United States Rubber Co. v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Smith v. HaywardCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1951
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Application of Klaus Heinz Risse, Ulrich Horlein and Wolfgang Wirth. Application of Ulrich Horlein, Wolfgang Wirth and Klaus Heinz RisseCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
- Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce, and Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents v. Harold Warp, and Flex-O-Glass, an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Sunbeam Corporation v. SW Farber, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- Application of Lawrence E. FennCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1963
- Application of Klaus Heinz Risse, Ulrich Horlein and Wolfgang Wirth. Application of Ulrich Horlein, Wolfgang Wirth and Klaus Heinz RisseCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967