Legal Opinion
Earles v. Gomber
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 2, 1921No. 1411PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceeding between Ered E. Earles and another and George W. Comber. From a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, awarding priority of invention to Gomber, Earles and another appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
Appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents, awarding priority of invention to appellee Gomber, the senior party. The issue is in the following count:
“A fly-killing device, comprising a handle and the flap on said handle, formed of a perforated sheet of soft, flexible non abrasive material.”
[1] A patent was granted appellants April 2, 1918, upon an application filed May 29, 1915. Appellee is here on an application filed August 6, 1918, for the reissue of a patent granted November 23, 1915, on an application filed March 4, 1915. Appellants alleged…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chapman v. WintroathSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Geophysical Development Corp. v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943