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SPECIAL EQUIPMENT CO. v. COE

No. 469.

324 U.S. 370 (1945)

65 S.Ct. 741

89 L.Ed. 1006

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT CO. v. COE, COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 26, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Clarence J. Loftus and Curtis F. Prangley, with whom Messrs. James Ballard Moore and James M. Graves were on the brief, for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Shea, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Messrs. Robert L. Stern and Abraham J. Harris were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit in equity, brought in the District Court of the District of Columbia, under R.S. § 4915, to compel respondent, the Commissioner of Patents, to issue a patent upon an application for a subcombination of the elements of a machine for which the inventor had previously filed a patent application. The district court gave judgment for respondent. The Court of Appeals for the District affirmed...

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