Legal Opinion

Parker Rust-Proof Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 20, 1939No. 169PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a bill in equity brought under R.S. § 4915,, 35 U.S.C.A. § 63, to obtain a decree authorizing the commissioner of patents to issue a patent to Parker RustProof Company, as assignee of an application filed by Robert R. Tanner on March 27, 1933. In the Patent Office an interference was declared between Tanner’s application and two patents issued under date of January 31, 1933, to The Western Union Telegraph Company as assignee of joint applications filed by Leo P. Curtin and Bernard L. Kline. Tanner claimed that his 1933 application was a continuation of an earlier…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Republic Iron & Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
  3. Alexander Milburn Co. v. Davis-Bournonville Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  4. Minnesota v. Northern Securities Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
  5. Hazeltine Corporation v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Ilan-Gat Engineers, Ltd., a.g./s.a. v. Antigua International BankCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
  3. United States v. Washington Institute of Technology, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
  4. Gauss v. KirkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
  5. Benger Laboratories Ltd. v. R. K. Laros Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1959

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