Shoemaker v. Robertson

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from a decree in the Supreme Court of the District dismissing appellant’s bill (assumed to be authorized by section 4915, R. S. [35 USCA § 63]) against the Commissioner of Patents for the issuance of a patent to appellant.

On March 28, 1929, appellant filed with the Patent Office what he contended was a proper application for a patent. The Patent Office held that the application did not conform to the rules of the office, in that it had been signed by the applicant in but one place instead of in three places, and therefore refused to receive it as an application.…