Legal Opinion
Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents v. Frederick C. Bersworth and the Dow Chemical Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 28, 1958No. 13566PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Chief Judge.
This is a suit under 35 U.S.C. § 145, 66 Stat. 803, § 1, for a patent on certain *900claims of an application filed in the Patent Office in 1951. The Patent Office rejected the claims as anticipated by certain references, namely two patents issued in 1947. The District Court overruled the Patent Office and the Commissioner of Patents appeals.
In 1946 appellees filed an application, Serial No. 657,893, which became Patent No. 2,524,218. If the disclosure in that application would have supported claims like those now in suit, had they been made then, the doctrine of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Abbott v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Esso Standard Oil Company v. Sun Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. v. Carborundum Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1946
- In re MrazCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1911
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In re SmithCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1972
- Application of Klaus Heinz Risse, Ulrich Horlein and Wolfgang Wirth. Application of Ulrich Horlein, Wolfgang Wirth and Klaus Heinz RisseCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
- Carter-Wallace, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
- Indiana General Corp. v. Lockheed Aircraft Corp.District Court, S.D. California · 1966
- Kollsman v. LaddDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1964
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