L-O-F GLASS FIBERS COMPANY v. WATSON

No. 11780.

228 F.2d 40 (1955)

L-O-F GLASS FIBERS COMPANY and Everett J. Cook, Appellants, v. Robert C. WATSON, Commissioner of Patents, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H. A. Toulmin, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. F. E. Drummond, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants. Messrs. Nestor S. Foley, Washington, D. C., and John A. Blair, Detroit, Mich., also entered appearances for appellants.

Mr. S. William Cochran, Counsel, United States Patent Office, with whom Mr. E. L. Reynolds, Solicitor, United States Patent Office, was on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, BAZELON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, Glass Fibers, Inc., as assignee* and Everett J. Cook as claimant-inventor, by application, Serial No. 628,781, sought a patent for an "Apparatus for Producing Glass Fibers." The Commissioner of Patents allowed claims 3, 13, 14, 15 and 21 but disallowed claims 1, 2, 9, 23 and 24 as unpatentable over the prior art as disclosed in two Barnard patents No. 2,229,489 and No. 2,294,266 and the Staelin patent...

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