Massey v. Ridge
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceeding between Nelson C. Massey and another and I lerman De Witt Ridge. From a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, awarding a priority to Ridge, Massey and another appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
This interference has to do with dial scales, which are provided with means whereby the operator may, read the weight value of the added counterpoise, as well as the minor load, at a point indicated by the pointer. The issue is one of originality. Ridge had an interview with Massey, Coleman, and Winters, officials of the Winters-Coleman Company, in which, he asserts, he disclosed his idea to them. After this interview, he -says, the Winters-Coleman Company built one or more scales embodying his idea and sold some of them. The three tribunals of the Patent Office are in…
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