In re Dunbar
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents. Application by Francis W. Dunbar for a patent, assigned to the Kellogg Switchboard- & Supply Company. From a decision of the Commissioner of Patents denying the application, applicant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEE, Associate Justice.
Appellant, Dunbar, filed the present application for patent October 9, 1905. One Dtyson filed a co-pendiug application Maxxh 19, 1906, on which a patent was issued December 12, 1916. Both applicants assigned to Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company, and both applications have been prosecuted through the Patent Office by the same attorneys.
It is unnecessary to consider the mechanism or the line of division between the Dunbar and Dyson claims, or the right of the common assignee to disclaim the invention of the claims in .the Dyson patent, since this appeal turns…
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