Legal Opinion

Jeffrey Mfg. Co. v. Kingsland

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided May 20, 1948No. Civ. No. 1321-47PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLTZOFF, Justice.

This case involves the question whether, after the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals reverses a ruling of the Commissioner of Patents denying an application for a patent and remands the proceedings to the Commissioner, the Patent Office may nevertheless deny the application on the basis o£ additional references to the prior art, which the examiner had not previously cited.

The plaintiff in this action filed an application for a patent on July 24, 1942, Serial No. 452,152. The subject matter of the application was a ventilator for use in underground mines. The application…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hoover Co. v. CoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Radtke Patents Corporation v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
  3. In re CurleyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1946

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jeffrey Mfg. Co. v. Kingsland, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
  2. Krasnow v. BenderCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1948
  3. Fischer v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1951

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