SEARS v. GOTTSCHALK

No. 73-1699.

502 F.2d 122 (1974)

Mary Helen SEARS, Appellant, v. Robert GOTTSCHALK, Commissioner of Patents, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Irons, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Thomas G. Wilson, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice (Irving Jaffe, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., Leonard Schaitman and Barbara L. Herwig, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and FIELD, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Suing under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (FOIA), plaintiff, a patent attorney, sought to enjoin defendant from withholding "abandoned U. S. patent applications" from her and the public. The suit was instituted because plaintiff's request to make available to her "all existing abandoned U.S. patent applications" had been denied by the defendant on the ground that the matters sought...

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