Rugg v. Haines

Citations

• 1 MacA. Pat. Cas. 420
• 20 F. Cas. 1312

Syllabus

<p>Public use for two years — section ‘r, act of 1839. — Under the seventh section of the act of 1839 an inventor cannot obtain a patent if his invention was in public use more than two years prior to filing his application.</p> <p>Sm — established by testimony in interference. — An applicant must be rejected upon testimony taken in an interference proceeding showing a sale and use of the invention more than two years prior to filing the application.</p>