Mas v. United States

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Appellant was convicted on several counts of an indictment. One count charges that in an interference proceeding in the United States Patent Office, appellant filed certain false, fraudulent and fictitious statements. This charge is within § 35(A) of the Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 80, 52 Stat. 197, which prohibits making such statements “in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States.” Appellant’s attack upon the count involves immaterial distinctions between the Patent Office and the Commissioner of Patents or between…