Utah Radio Products Co. v. Delco Appliance Corp.

KNIGHT, District Judge.

This is a suit for alleged patent infringement. The defendant moves to amend its answer (1) to include the name of Howard H. Smith as one who had invented or discovered the patent in suit prior to one Barrett, the plaintiff’s assign- or; and (2) to include an allegation to the effect that such patent is void for the reason that Barrett “surreptitiously and unjustly obtained the' said patent for that which was in fact invented or discovered by another.”

The defendant also moves for an order directing the Commissioner of Patents to certify to certain copies of records…