Legal Opinion
Edward S. Irons v. Robert Gottschalk, Commissioner of Patents
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 8, 1977No. 74-1365PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice CLARK:
Appellant, Edward S. Irons is here on a return engagement in his six-year effort to secure disclosure of “all the unpublished manuscript decisions of the Patent Office” under the Freedom of Information Act. 5 U.S.C. § 552, et seq. It was in 1970 that the District Court refused disclosure on the ground that the request had not been focused on “identifiable records”; however it did direct the Commissioner of Patents to make public the indices of such manuscript decisions that had been made since the effective date of the Act, July 4, 1967, which significantly commemorated our…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Edward S. Irons v. William B. Schuyler, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Mary Helen Sears v. Robert Gottschalk, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Irons v. SchuylerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1970
- Irons v. GottschalkDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1974
3Cited by19 opinions
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- William J. Carter v. United States Department of CommerceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Edward S. Irons v. Sidney A. Diamond, Commissioner of Patents. Edward S. Irons v. Sidney A. Diamond, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Rein v. United States Patent & Trademark OfficeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
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