Legal Opinion

Blanchard v. Ooms

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided February 25, 1946No. 8982PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Associate Justice.

The appellant here proceeded in the District Court under Section 4915, R.S., 35 U.S.C.A. § 63, seeking to have authorized the issuance of a patent on a portable radio antenna. Certain of the claims advanced by the appellant in his application to the Patent Office had been rejected on the ground that the applicant’s device was not inventive in view of prior patents and because there was no showing that the appellant’s arrangement of previously patented components produced any new or superior result. After trial at which appellant demonstrated his antenna, the District…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Seymour v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. Smith v. NicholsSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  3. Hildreth v. MastorasSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  4. Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  5. Lamb Knit Goods Co. v. Lamb Glove & Mitten Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Application of John P. Swentzel (The Carborundum Co., Assignee)Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1955
  2. Application of LundbergCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1952
  3. Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., and Douglas H. Moreton v. Frederick H. Mueller, Secretary of Commerce, and Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
  4. Application of MillerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1952
  5. Blanchard v. MarzallDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1952

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