Legal Opinion
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. v. Nichols
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 26, 1939No. 2552PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, District Judge.
This is a patent suit brought under Revised Statute Sec. 4915, as amended by the Acts of. March 2, 1927, and March 2, 1929, 35 U.S.C.A. § 63, following refusal by the Commissioner of Patents to grant a patent to the plaintiff company as assignee of one George W. Swenson. The patent application involved relates to alleged improvements in granular material such as is particularly used as a surfacing for asphalt shingles and other forms of asphalt roofing, known as roofing granules.
The defendant, Ernest H. Nichols, is the owner of a patent on roofing granules and method…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Morgan v. DanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Radio Corp. of America v. Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- DeForest Radio Co. v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Smith v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Brand v. ThomasCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1938
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Nichols v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Hall v. KimHawaii Supreme Court · 1971
- Burroughs Wellcome & Co. v. Nion Corp.District Court, S.D. California · 1945