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MARZALL v. FOX

Nos. 10222, 10223.

180 F.2d 45 (1950)

MARZALL, Commissioner of Patents v. FOX. FOX v. MARZALL, Commissioner of Patents.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit

Decided February 6, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. William D. Hall, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Howard Nelson Moore, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for Benjamin Fox.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, PROCTOR and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This case involves the interpretation of R.S. § 480, which provides: "All officers and employees of the Patent Office shall be incapable, during the period for which they hold their appointments, to acquire or take, directly or indirectly, except by inheritance or bequest, any right or interest in any patent issued by the office." (35 U.S.C. § 4).

The question here presented is whether R. S. § 480 authorizes the Commissioner of Patents...

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