STURTEVANT v. OOMS

No. 9204.

157 F.2d 706 (1946)

STURTEVANT v. OOMS, Commissioner of Patents.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided November 4, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Bertrand W. Coltman, of Chicago, Ill., with whom Messrs. M. Hudson Rathburn and Edwin R. Hutchinson, both of Chicago, Ill., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. W. W. Cochran, of Washington, D. C., Solicitor, United States Patent Office, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER, and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

Appellant secured a patent on a torque wrench. Later he applied for a reissue of the patent. The specification and drawings of the original patent remained unchanged in the reissue application, but that application contained five new claims. It was rejected by the Board of Appeals of the Patent Office. Appellant filed an action in the District Court under Section 4915 of the Revised Statutes.1 The court dismissed...

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