In re Hillard
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents rejecting the claims of an application for a patent. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
This appeal [by Frederic W. Hillard] is from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents rejecting certain claims for an invention relating to escapement mechanism for typewriting machines, covering broadly the beveling of the faces of the pawls or dogs engaging the rack to regulate the movement of the carriage.
The case has been pending in the courts and the Patent Office in one form or another for about twenty-three years. The record is very voluminous. The decisions of the three tribunals of the Patent Office are unanimous in holding that the claims are anticipated by an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Coffin v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Brush v. ConditSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Twentieth Century Machinery Co. v. Loew Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1917
- Hillard v. Remington Typewriter Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1908