Legal Opinion

Wells v. Honigmann

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided June 2, 1920No. 1257PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from a Decision of the Commissioner of Patents. . Interference proceeding between Pierson E. Wells and another and Hans Honigmann. Prom a decision of the Commissioner, awarding priority of invention to the latter, the former appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

VAN ORSDEE, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents awarding priority of invention to appellee Honigmann. The counts involved in the appeal relate to certain improvements in printing presses. It is unnecessary to set out the counts or explain the invention, since the appeal turns upon questions of law.

The application here involved was filed September 2, 1914, by Frederick W. Hunter and the estate of Pierson E. Wells, deceased. It is a renewal of an application filed by Wells and Hunter December 16, 1907, and allowed September 28, 1912, but which…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Chapman v. WintroathSupreme Court of the United States · 1920

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Diamond Power Specialty Corporation v. Bayer Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
  2. Chapman v. BeedeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1924
  3. American Laundry Machinery Co. v. Prosperity Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 1923
  4. General Electric Co. v. George J. Hagan Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1929
  5. Harbridge v. PerrinDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1924

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