In re Mraz
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, rejecting an application for a patent. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdel
This is an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents, refusing to grant appellant, Franz Mraz, a patent for “improvements in formula and process for the preservation and packing of comestibles,” an application for which was filed August 5, 1904. Applications had previously been filed for the same invention in Austria July 30, 1903, in France June 24, 1904, and in Germany July 16, 1904, those in France and Germany eventuating into patents.
In the original specification, appellant described his invention in the following manner: “To use the process, proceed as follows: Prepare a…
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