McDowell v. Ideal Concrete Mach. Co.

Citations

• 187 F. 814
• 109 C.C.A. 574
• 1911 U.S. App. LEXIS 4245

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents (§ 136*) — Reissues—Authority to Grant — Insufficiency of “Specification.”</p> <p>In Rev. St. § 4916 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3393), authorizing the issuance of a reissue patent where the original is inoperative or invalid “liy reason of a defective or insufficient specification,” the word “specifioation,” by settled construction, may include the claims as well as the technical specifications preceding them.</p> <p>rEd. Note. — For other cases, see Pátents, Gent. Dig. § 198% ; Dec. Dig. § 136*</p> <p>For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 7, pp. 6606, 6607.</p> <p>Grounds for reissue of patent, see note to General Electric Co. v. Richmond St. & I. Ry. Go., 102 G. O. A. 145.]</p> <p>2. Patents (§ 141*) — Reissues—-Validity.</p> <p>Under the provision of Rev. St. § 4916 (U. S. Oomp. St. 1901, p. 3393), that a reissue must be for “the same invention,” if a patent claims a combination, such combination constitutes the invention, and the claims cannot be broadened in a reissue by omitting elements therefrom; nor, unless explicitly pointed out as a part of the invention in the specification, and shown to have been omitted through inadvertence, accident, or mistake, can a different combination be claimed.</p> <p>LEd. Note. — For other cases, see Patents, Dec. Dig. § 141.*]</p> <p>3. Patents (§ 328*) — Reissue—Validity—Machine fob Making Concrete Blocks.</p> <p>The Borst and Groscop reissue patent, No. 12,578 (original No. 735,938), for a machine for manufacturing hollow concrete blocks, is void for lack of judisdiction in the commissioner to grant the reissue, the original not being inoperative or invalid.</p>