Legal Opinion

Reed v. Coe

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 9, 1942No. Nos. 8093-8095PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

These appeals are from judgments of the District Court under R.S. § 4915, 35 U.S.C.A. § 63, refusing, for lack of .invention, to authorize the issue of patents.

One group of claims relates to a process of drilling a well by employing as a drilling fluid .a molten asphalt or sulphurous material of widely variable viscosity, instead of the conventional clay and water. Heating coils, attached to the drilling system, make possible the varying of the viscosity of the fluid through temperature control, so as to permit control of formation pressures encountered in…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Altoona Publix Theatres, Inc. v. American Tri-Ergon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Paramount Publix Corp. v. American Triergon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Abbott v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  4. Herman v. Youngstown Car Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1911
  5. Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corporation v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Standard Oil Development Co. v. Marzall, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
  2. Besser v. OomsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
  3. Clarkson Mfg. Co. v. Marzall, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952

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