Martin v. Coe

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

This case was begun by the filing of a bill in equity in the lower court by appellant, as plaintiff, against Thomas E. Robertson, as Commissioner of Patents, under section 4915, R.S.(35 U.S.C.A. § 63), to require the Commissioner to issue a patent to appellant to include a group of claims which had been rejected by the tribunals of the Patent Office.

The bill was filed in the lower court on February 10, 1930; on February 28, 1930, an answer was filed by the defendant; on April 7, 1933, the case was argued and submitted.

On June 26, 1933, a date after the argument but…