United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc. v. Ladd

JACKSON, Judge.

On August 9, 1954, David Silman, filed his application in the Patent Office, Serial No. 448,655, entitled “Surface Coverings”. The plaintiff herein, assignee of David Silman, duly filed this action under Section 145 of 35 U.S.C. praying that defendant, Commissioner of Patents, be authorized-to grant a patent on all of the claims of that application.

At the trial, counsel for plaintiff moved to dismiss the Complaint as to claims 1 to 4, and 6, 7 and 14, thus leaving claims 5, 9 to 11, inclusive, and 16 to 18, inclusive, before the Court. Those remaining claims are drawn to both…