Gandy v. Marble
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was an appeal by the plaintiff in a suit in equity brought in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Patents, from a decree of the general- term of that court dismissing the bill. The suit was brought by Maurice Gandy against II. M. Teller, as Secretary of the Interior, and E. M. Marble, as Commissioner of Patents.
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was an appeal by the plaintiff in a suit in equity brought in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Patents, from a decree of the general- term of that court dismissing the bill. The suit was brought by Maurice Gandy against II. M. Teller, as Secretary of the Interior, and E. M. Marble, as Commissioner of Patents. The bill was founded upon § 4915 of the .Eevised Statutes, which provides as follows: “ Sec. 4915. Whenever a patent on application is refused,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
We are of opinion that this decree must be affirmed. It is provided by § 4894 of the Bevised Statutes as follows: “ Sec. 4894. All applications for patents shall be completed and prepared for examination within two years after the filing of the application, and in default thereof, or upon failure of the applicant to prosecute the same within two years after any action therein, of which notice shall have, been given to the applicant,- they shall be regarded a§ abandoned by the parties thereto, unless it be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Patents that such delay was…
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