Allen v. Culp
Citations
- 166 U.S. 501
- 17 S. Ct. 644
- 41 L. Ed. 1093
- 1897 U.S. LEXIS 2044
Syllabus
<p>When letters patent are surrendered for the purpose of reissue, they continue valid until the reissue takes place, and if the reissue is refused they stand as if no application had been made.</p> <p>Whether, if the reissue be void, the patentee may fall back on his original patent, is not decided.</p>
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- holding that the original patent “becomes inoperative” on reissue
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Judges: Brown
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