Buck v. Ooms

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Argued Jan. 22, 1947.

Decided Feb. 3, 1947.

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1947-02-03

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently March 1959

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2 counsel of record

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1947-02-03

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¶1Mr. Charles M. Buck, appellant, pro se.

¶2Mr. E. L. Reynolds, United States Patent Office, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. W. W. Cochran, Solicitor, United States Patent Office, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

¶3Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER, and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5In this suit under R.S. § 4915, 35 U.S.C. § 63, 35 U.S.C.A. § 63, appellant seeks a patent on a supposed method and means for generating power. The device consists essentially of a combination of a motor-driven pump, an arrangement of pipes somewhat similar to a syphon, a motor operated by water which flows through the pipes, and a pulley operated by this latter motor. Unless the device can deliver more power at the pulley than is supplied to it by the motor that drives the pump, which is impossible, it can serve no useful purpose. The claims were therefore rightly rej ected.

¶6Affirmed,