Legal Opinion
In re Ratican
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 5, 1910No. 637PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Hearing on an appeal from a decision of tbe Commissioner of Patents rejecting certain claims of an application for patent. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
This is an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, disallowing claims 4, 5, and 0 of appellant, William Eatican. It is sufficient to reproduce claim 4, as it is typical:
“4. A traveling street washing and sprinkling apparatus comprising a wheel truck having a water tank thereon and supply and delivery pipes for said tank, and a sector-shaped delivery nozzle on the delivery pipe, mounted to turn universally, said delivery nozzle having a plurality of comparatively small apertures in its circular walls, said apertures being arranged *96in parallel rows, and the apertures of one row…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Expanded Metal Co. v. BradfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
3Cited by2 opinions
- Application of OstermannCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1950
- J. S. Thorn Co. v. Michael Flynn Mfg. Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1938