SHACKELL v. WATSON

No. 13875.

258 F.2d 410 (1958)

Leon F. SHACKELL, Appellant, v. Robert C. WATSON, Commissioner of Patents, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leon F. Shackell, appellant pro se.

Mr. Joseph Schimmel, Atty., U. S. Pat. Off., with whom Mr. Clarence W. Moore, Solicitor, U. S. Pat. Off., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, WASHINGTON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a civil action brought under Section 145, Title 35, of the United States Code, against the Commissioner of Patents for authorization of a patent. The complaint was dismissed by the District Court on the ground that the claims at issue did not define a patentable invention.

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