HYDRAULIC PRESS CORPORATION v. COE

No. 8210.

134 F.2d 49 (1943)

HYDRAULIC PRESS CORPORATION, Inc., et al. v. COE.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 15, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D. C. Staley, of Dayton, Ohio, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Messrs. H. A. Toulmin, Jr. and John M. Mason, both of Dayton, Ohio, were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. E. L. Reynolds, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. W. W. Cochran, Solicitor, United States Patent Office, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and VINSON and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.


RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

Appellants' suit, to secure a decree authorizing the issuance of a patent, was filed pursuant to Rev.Stat. § 4915 (1878), 35 U.S.C. § 63 (1940). The appeal is from a judgment of dismissal. The claimed invention relates to a hydraulic press for forming sheet metal into various shapes. The principal issue is whether appellants' claims have been anticipated by the Ferris Patent, No. 1,970,134.

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