Home/D.C. Circuit/In re Madden

In re Madden

38 App. D.C. 94, 1912 U.S. App. LEXIS 2089
CourtCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
DecidedJanuary 2, 1912
DocketNo. 725
StatusPublished

This text of 38 App. D.C. 94 (In re Madden) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
In re Madden, 38 App. D.C. 94, 1912 U.S. App. LEXIS 2089 (D.C. Cir. 1912).

Opinion

Mr. Chief Justice Shepard

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner, of Patents rejecting an application of Patrick J. Madden for a patent for a new and ornamental design for the bowl of a water closet. Upon reference to several existing patents in the same field, it was held that there was no invention involved in the described design.

It is unnecessary to review the several references. In view of these, and another patent issued to the applicant, we fully concur in the decision of the commissioner that there is no novelty disclosed.

The decision is affirmed.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
38 App. D.C. 94, 1912 U.S. App. LEXIS 2089, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/in-re-madden-cadc-1912.