Legal Opinion
Bonine v. Bliss
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 2, 1919No. 1226, Patent AppealsPublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceeding in the Patent Office between William L-Bliss and Charles E. Bonine. From a decision by the Commissioner of Patents in favor of Bliss, Bonine appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
This interference involves an invention relating to an electric lighting and engine starting system described in the single count of the issue as follows:
“The combination of an engine, an electric machine connected thereto, a secondary battery, an automatic switch for controlling the charge of the battery by the electric machine, and a switch for cutting out the automatic switch and connecting the battery to the electric machine, whereby the same may be operated as a motor for starting the engine.”
Bonine filed his application July 7, 1911, on which a patent was…
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