Smith v. Ooms

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Argued April 10, 1947.

Decided Sept. 30, 1947.

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1947-09-30

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently June 1950

4 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on Abbott v. Coe

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1947-09-30

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¶1Mr. Lester B. Clark, of Houston, Tex., with whom Mr. Emmett Leo Sheehan, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

¶2Mr. Edwin L. Reynolds, United States Patent Office, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. W. W. Cochran, Solicitor, United States Patent Office, and Howard S. Miller, both of Washington, D. G, were on the brief, for appellee.

¶3Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5This is a suit to obtain a patent. R.S. § 4915, 35 U.S.C.A. § 63. The Patent Office found that the claims lacked invention. The finding was a reasonable one. The District Court was therefore right in dismissing the bill. Abbott v. Coe, 71 App.D. C. 195, 109 F.2d 449.

¶6Affirmed.