Cleveland Heater Co. v. Sawyer

BASTIAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff applied for a patent in the United States Patent Office. The Patent Office instituted an interference proceeding (No. 84,270) between plaintiff and the defendant, McGraw Electric Company, who claimed priority to the same invention. There was a final ruling awarding priority of invention of the subject matter to the defendant, Electric Company, and thereupon plaintiff brought this action under Section 4915 of the Revised Statutes, 35 U.S.C.A. § 63, against the above named defendant, the Commissioner of Patents and the Secretary of Commerce. Secretary and…