Blanchard v. Watson

MORRIS, District Judge.

This is a proceeding under Title 35, Section 145, U.S.C. (formerly Section 4915, Revised Statutes), for a determination that a patent should issue on claims 1, 2 and 3 in plaintiff’s application for a patent, Serial No. 581,373, filed March 7, 1945, for apparatus in connection with the operation of valves in outlets for steam boilers. The defendant asserts that a patent on such claims should not issue in that they are not patentable over Patent No. 2,199,611, issued May 7, 1940, to the plaintiff and, therefore, would constitute double patenting. The defendant also…