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277 F. 862

Docket No. 1457.

In re Borger

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Submitted November 23, 1921.

Decided January 3, 1922.)

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1922-01-03

<p>Patents -@=>66,' 79—Disallowed claims for automobile starting generator held anticipated.</p> <p>Claims in an application for a patent for an automobile starting generator, Wherein the windings of the armature are so formed as to serve the function of a commutator, held anticipated by publication and patent, so that three claims were properly disallowed.</p> <p><§5»For other cases see same topic & KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes</p>

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Affirmed · Decided 1922-01-03

¶1Patents -@=>66,' 79—Disallowed claims for automobile starting generator held anticipated.

¶2Claims in an application for a patent for an automobile starting generator, Wherein the windings of the armature are so formed as to serve the function of a commutator, held anticipated by publication and patent, so that three claims were properly disallowed.

¶3Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents.

¶4Application by Henry F. Borger for a patent for a starting generator for automobiles. From a decision of the Commissioner, disallowing three, claims, applicant appeals.

¶5Affirmed.

¶6C. F. Sturtevant and F. G. Mason, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

¶7T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D1. C., for Commissioner of Patents'.

¶8<§5»For other cases see same topic & KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes

¶9*863VAN ORSDEE, Associate Justice.

¶10This appeal is from a disallowance of three claims in appellant’s application for patent, described in the opinion of the Commissioner as follows:

“The invention defined by the appeated claims is a starting generator for automobiles, wherein the windings of the armature, which are in the form of metal bars extending beyond the limits of the core of the armature at its ends, are self-supporting and spaced apart to afford bearing surfaces, whereby brushes may be mounted to ride thereon and enable such bars to sbrve the function of a commutator.”

¶11The case turned below upon the anticipation of the appealed claims in the publication of Guilbert “Les Generateurs d’Electricitie a 1’Ex-position Universelle de 19G0,” and a patent to one Rollins dated January 30, 1894. From an examination of these citations, we are convinced that appellant has been awarded all the claims to which he is entitled.

¶12The decision of the Commissioner of Patents is affirmed.

¶13Affirmed.

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