Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1940No. 4554PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal in a case instituted under R.S. § 4915, 35 U.S.C.A. § 63, by the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, assignee of one Swenson, to establish priority of right with respect to the invention embodied in patent No. 1,954,778, issued to Ernest H. Nichols, and to have patent issued to plaintiff embodying eight of the claims of that patent. In interference proceedings instituted in the Patent Office, priority was accorded Nichols, and patent was issued to him on application filed Nov. 1, 1932. Plaintiff relies upon the production by Swenson, several…
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- Morgan v. DanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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- United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co. of New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- DeForest Radio Co. v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- The Durox Company v. Duron Paint Manufacturing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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