Legal Opinion
Morrison v. Coe
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 9, 1942No. 7721PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.
The appeal challenges a judgment for the Commissioner of Patents in a suit brought under Rev.Stat. § 4915 (1878), 35 U.S.C.A. § 63 (1934), to authorize and compel him to issue a patent to plaintiff for a room-cooling system. The Patent Office and the trial court held it not inventive.
The system is intended to cool only the lower portion of the room, that is, the part actually occupied by human bodies. As plaintiff regards them, the essential features consist in having this part of the room airtight, with no opening except from above. Windows, doors, and other wall…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Abbott v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Thomson Spot Welder Co. v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Stoody Co. v. Mills Alloys, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1933
3Cited by8 opinions
- Schilling v. Schwitzer-Cummins Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- Cherry-Burrell Corporation v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- Besser v. OomsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Kistler v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- Corning Glass Works v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
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