Legal Opinion
American Steel & Wire Co. of New Jersey v. Coe
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 27, 1939No. 7161PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Associate Justice.
Appellant, plaintiff below, is the assignee of James Forrest Howe, applicant for a patent upon a process for the manufacture or construction of large size suspension cables used in bridges and similar structures. Three claims were relied upon in the lower court. The lower court dismissed the bill, holding that “the method here described sufficiently appears from the prior art * * * [and does] not rise to the dignity of invention.”
The Patent Office relied upon three references 2 to show the prior art. The lower court relied upon an additional one, i. e., the patent to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Atlantic Works v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Lincoln Engineering Co. v. Stewart-Warner Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Altoona Publix Theatres, Inc. v. American Tri-Ergon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Butterworth v. United States Ex Rel. HoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Thomson Spot Welder Co. v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Hoover Co. v. CoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- California Research Corporation v. David L. Ladd, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Knutson v. GallsworthyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Harvey v. LevineCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
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