Smithey v. Robertson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; John C. Rose, Judge. Suit in equity by Marvin Smithey against Thomas E. Robertson, Commissioner of Patents. Decree dismissing bill, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland entered on the 9th day of February, 1923, dismissing complainant’s bill.
The bill was filed pursuant to the provisions of section 4915 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the Act of February 9, 1893 (section 4915 R. S.; Comp. Stat. § 9460; amended act, section 9456, Comp. Stat., 27 Stat. 436), praying that the complainant be adjudged by the court entitled to a patent for his invention particularly specified in his claims, notwithstanding the fact that…
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