Legal Opinion
Thompson v. American Tobacco Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 10, 1949No. 5821PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is taken from a judgment whereby the District Court dismissed the suit for patent infringement brought against the American Tobacco Company by the owners of United States Patent No. 2,388,772 issued to Ross Thompson. The court reached the conclusion that Thompson was not the inventor of the machine described in the patent, that the patent was invalid in view of the prior art and in view of the public use of the patented machine for more than one year prior to November 9, 1942 when the application for the patent was filed, and that even if the patent is…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Brush v. ConditSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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3Cited by19 opinions
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