Legal Opinion
Morton v. Ladd
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 2, 1963No. Civ. A. No. 1528-62PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Judge.
Plaintiff brought this action under 35 U.S.C., § 145 seeking a judgment authorizing the defendant to issue a patent to him containing claims 16-19, inclusive, appearing in an application of plaintiff for a patent Serial No. 653,383, filed April 17, 1957, entitled “Closure For Culture Vessels.”
Both tribunals of the Patent Office rejected the claims as unpatentable over the prior art which consists of:
1. Morton Patent No. 2,287,746 Entitled: “Test Tube Closure” Dated: June 23, 1942 Filed: August 19, 1939
2. Giovanni (Italian) Patent No. 460,863 Entitled: “Cap for Glass Tubes…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Abbott v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Western States MacH. Co. v. S. S. Hepworth Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Lewis A. Siegel v. Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
- Application of HonnigCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1951
- In re ShoemakerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1936
3Cited by1 opinion
- Blohm & Voss AG v. Prudential-Grace Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1972