Legal Opinion
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works v. Watson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 15, 1959No. Civ. A. No. 654-57PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
This is an action against the Commissioner of Patents, under 35 U.S.C. § 145, to secure an adjudication that the plaintiff is entitled to receive a patent on an invention on an application which has been rejected by the Patent Office.
The application in question is Serial Number 384,773, filed on October 7, 1953, in behalf of Roger W. Stoughton. The application was assigned to Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, the plaintiff in this action. The alleged invention is a chemical compound which serves as a pain-killing drug, as a synthetic or artificial substitute for morphine.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re EdisonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1908
- Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce, and Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents v. Harold Warp, and Flex-O-Glass, an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
3Cited by1 opinion
- Plastic Contact Lens Co. v. SchuylerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1971