In re Asseff’s Empirical Analysis
173 F.2d 253 · 1949
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 35 U.S.C. § 33
Relies on Miller v. Eagle Manuf'G Co · Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. Ohio Brass Co. · Traitel Marble Co. v. U. T. Hungerford Brass & Copper Co. · In re Isherwood · In re Barge
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“* * are not technical references in the sense that a timely granted patent to a third person might have been, it is * * * perfectly proper to look to them for what they claim, and when two applications are presented to by an inventor it is proper `to hold the one unpatentable in view of the prior art and the claims upon which the other was patented.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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