Carson Inv. Co. v. Anaconda Copper Mining Co.

BOURQUIN, District Judge.

In this infringement suit, defendant moves for a “certificate”- that a certain abandoned application in the Patent Office probably is material and competent herein, and it advances that by reason of said certificate the commissioner may graciously furnish copies which otherwise defendant cannot secure. It seems that defendant’s request for copies was denied by the commissioner, for that amongst other reasons no like certificate was presented by defendant, and because of the “rule as to secrecy of applications.”

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