MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. CO. v. COE

No. 6944.

99 F.2d 986 (1938)

MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. CO. v. COE, Commissioner of Patents.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 30, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. H. Benjamin, of Washington, D. C., and Robert Coulter and William H. Abbott, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

R. F. Whitehead, Solicitor, United States Patent Office, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and STEPHENS and MILLER, Associate Justices.


MILLER, Associate Justice.

On May 24, 1930, Richard Gurley Drew applied for a patent on improvements in adhesive tape composition. Subsequently he assigned his rights to appellant. In November, 1932, the claims were rejected by the Primary Examiner, whose decision was affirmed by the Board of Appeals. Thereupon suit was commenced by appellant in the lower court under § 4915, R.S. (35 U.S. C.A. § 63). This appeal is from a decree dismissing appellant's bill...

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