In re Seabury
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents rejecting an application for a patent. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris
This is an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents refusing to issue letters patent of the United States for an alleged improvement in cans and powder-boxes, which consists in providing them with duplex tops or bottoms or both. The claim of invention is stated in two counts as follows:
1. A powder-containing box or can having a neck portion provided with a screw-threaded base, and the top of which neck portion is provided with perforations, in combination with a perforated cap pivotally attached to the top portion of said neck and having a depending peripheral edge portion by…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Ford v. Marzall, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- In the Matter of the Application of Jacques RoussoCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1955