Hoerr v. Watson

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is an action against the Commissioner of Patents to secure an adjudication, that the plaintiff is entitled to a patent on an invention for which a patent has been denied by the defendant. The alleged invention relates to an article known as a nail stake. A nail stake is a vertical rod, or stake, or post, which is hammered into the earth, and to which may be nailed boards for pouring concrete for structures such as curbs, foundations, retaining walls, and the like.. The stake covered by the applicant’s application is a round metal stake. It contains nail holes…