Morgan v. Daniels
Citations
- 153 U.S. 120
- 14 S. Ct. 772
- 38 L. Ed. 657
- 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2170
Syllabus
<p>When a question between contending parties, as to priority of invention, is decided in the Patent Office, the decision there made must be accepted as controlling, upon that question of fact, in any subsequent suit between the same parties, unless the contrary is established by testimony which, in character and amount, carries thorough conviction.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- review of Patent Office’s interference decision under § 4915, Revised Statutes, predecessor to 35 U.S.C. § 146
- “It is enough to say that the testimony as a whole is not of a character or sufficient to produce clear conviction that the Patent Office made a mistake.”
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Judges: Brewer, Jackson
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