HENDRIX v. LADD

No. 16347.

301 F.2d 527 (1962)

William L. HENDRIX, Appellant, v. David L. LADD, Commissioner of Patents, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1962.

As Amended April 24, 1962.

Petition for Rehearing Denied May 16, 1962.

Petition for Rehearing Denied May 16, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Floyd H. Crews, New York City, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Mr. Dos T. Hatfield, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. George C. Roeming, Atty., U. S. Patent Office, with whom Mr. Clarence W. Moore, Sol., U. S. Patent Office, was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, DANAHER and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied En Banc May 16, 1962.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a patent case, under Section 145 of Title 35 of the United States Code. The Patent Office rejected plaintiff-appellant's application for a patent, and the District Court denied relief. This appeal followed. The District Court and the Patent Office both were of the view that the application failed to define a patentable invention over the prior art.

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