Cupples v. Marzall

KEECH, District Judge.

This action is brought by the plaintiff, Plomer L. Cupples, against the Commissioner of Patents in dual aspect: (1) for mandamus to compel the Commissioner to admit the plaintiff to practice before the United States Patent Office, and (2) for review tinder 35 U.S.C.A. § 11, as supplemented by Local Civil Rule 95, of the Commissioner’s action denying the plaintiff admission to practice.

In view of the statutory provision for judicial review of the Commissioner’s denial of admission to practice, the court holds that mandamus will not lie.

The second aspect of plaintiff’s…