Legal Opinion
In re Edison
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 4, 1908No. 433PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Hearing on an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents rejecting an application for a patent. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
This is an appeal from the Commissioner of Patents refusing an application, filed August 1, 1903, for a patent for an improvements in screening plates, having the following claims:
“1. As a new article of manufacture, a screen having openings formed in a plate of minimum thickness, less than the width *322of said openings and sufficient only to offer proper support to the material passed over the same, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
“2. As a new article of manufacture, a screen having slots formed in a plate of minimum thickness, less than the width of said slots and sufficient…
2Cited by6 opinions
- Hemphill Co. v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Application of PruttonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1953
- Edgerton v. KingslandCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Mallinckrodt Chemical Works v. WatsonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1959
- Application of Milton E. HerrCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
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