Allen v. Hill
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from a Decision of the Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceeding in the Patent Office between Edward B. Allen and George S. Hill. Erom a decision awarding priority to Hill, Allen appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
The invention involved in this interference relates to buttonhole cutting and stitching machines. There are nine counts, of which 2 and 7 are typical.
2. In a buttonhole sewing machine, the combination with stitch-forming mechanism, of a work clamp, a buttonhole cutting device, a cutter shaft with controlling means for causing it to perform a single rotation only preparatory to a buttonhole stitching operation, means carried by the cutter shaft for actuating the cutting device, and means also carried by the cutter shaft and acting independently of said actuating means for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Greenawalt v. DwightCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1919
3Cited by2 opinions
- Dunham v. DysonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1921
- Clark v. BuffumCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1922