Legal Opinion
Edwin L. Reynolds, Acting Commissioner of Patents v. Elie P. Aghnides
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 18, 1966No. 19669_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellee, alleging unlawful denial of his patent application by the Patent Office, petitioned the District Court, under 35 U.S.C. § 145, to authorize issuance of the patent by the Commissioner. Although finding that “some doubt exists as to the utility” of appellee’s claimed invention, the trial court, citing Application of Nurkiewicz, 338 F.2d 1020, 1022, 52 C.C.P.A. 848,- (1964), as its authority, resolved the doubt in favor of the applicant and ordered the Commissioner to grant the patent. Aghnides v. Reynolds, D.D.C., 241 F. Supp. 280 (1965). In so doing the trial court erred. Whatever…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Corcoran v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Esso Standard Oil Company v. Sun Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Zenith Radio Corporation v. David L. Ladd, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Fred B. Stieg v. Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Application of Ignatius NurkiewiczCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1964
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Brown v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- Francis G. Brown v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- California Research Corporation v. David L. Ladd, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Glaxo Group LimitedDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1969
- Edwid E. Hays and Wallace & Tiernan, Inc. v. Edward J. Brenner, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
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