Legal Opinion
Hulett v. Long
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 4, 1899No. 127PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Hearing on an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents in an interference proceeding. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
This is an appeal from the Patent Office in a case of interference between a patent granted to George H. Hulett and an application for a patent by Timothy Long, relating to a car dumping machine.
The patent to Hulett was granted October 6, 1896, on an application filed October 23, 1895, and the application of Long was filed May 2, 1895, and interference was declared January 22, 1897. The declaration of interference is as follows:
“In a car dumping machine, the combination with a car-dumping mechanism, of an inclining chute, movable bodily up and down vertically, whereby to discharge at the same…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Loom Co. v. HigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Railway Co. v. SaylesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Brodie v. Ophir Silver Min. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of California · 1867
3Cited by1 opinion
- General Talking Pictures Corp. v. American Triergon Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1938