ANDERSON v. WATSON

No. 14272.

254 F.2d 956 (1958)

John W. ANDERSON and Productive Inventions, Inc., a corporation of Indiana, Appellants, v. Robert C. WATSON, Commissioner of Patents, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles F. Meroni, Chicago, Ill., for appellants. Mr. William A. Smith, Jr., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Mr. Clarence W. Moore, Solicitor, U. S. Patent Office, for appellee.

Before DANAHER, BASTIAN and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants filed suit against the Commissioner of Patents for a writ of mandamus to require the Commissioner to set down for hearing appellant Anderson's motions for judgment on the record and to render decisions thereon prior to the taking of testimony in certain pending interference proceedings, the motions being based on a claim of res judicata. The District Court granted the Commissioner's motion to dismiss and this appeal followed.

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