ABBOTT v. COE

No. 7280.

109 F.2d 449 (1939)

ABBOTT et al. v. COE, Com'r of Patents.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlon V. Cushman, of Washington, D. C., and William Gates, Jr., of Boston, Mass., for appellants.

William Wallace Cochran, U. S. Patent Office, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, VINSON, and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

The Patent Office rejected, on the ground of lack of invention, certain claims in appellants' application for a patent on improvements in a machine for winding yarn. The District Court likewise found no invention, and dismissed appellants' bill brought under R.S. § 4915 (35 U.S.C.A. § 63) to obtain the patent.

The disputed claims fall into three groups.

(1) Some claims...

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