Legal Opinion
Godfrey v. Eames
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 18, 1864PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
68 U.S. 317
17 L.Ed. 684
1 Wall. 317
GODFREY
v.
EAMES.
December Term, 1863
THE Patent Act of 1836, provides1 that on the filing of an application for a patent, 'the commissioner shall make or cause to be made an examination of the alleged new invention or discovery, and if on any such examination it shall not appear to the commissioner that the same had been . . . in public use or on sale with the applicant's consent or allowance prior to the application, . . . it shall be his duty to issue a patent therefor, but whenever on such examination it shall appear to the commissioner that . . . the…
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