Allen v. United States ex rel. Lowry
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe respondent from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia directing the issue of a writ of mandamus to the Commissioner of Patents. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duell
This appeal is taken from a judgment of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, granting the petition of the relators, George A. Lowry and the Planters’ Compress Company, that a mandamus issue commanding the Commissioner of Patents to direct the Examiners-in-Ohief of the Patent Office to reinstate and take jurisdiction of an appeal taken by Lowry from the ruling of the primary examiner denying his motion to dissolve on interference declared by the Patent Office between his unexpired patent and a pending application for patent filed by one William L. Spoon.
The interference was declared…
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