United States Ex. Rel. Lowry & Planters Compress Co. v. Allen

Syllabus

<p>Rule 124 of the Patent Office which provides that no appeal can be taken from a decision of a primary examiner affirming the patentability of the claim or tire applicant’s right to make the same, is not void as contrary to the provisions of §§ 482, 483, 4904, 4910, 4911, Rev. Stats., or § 9 of the act of February 9, 1893, 27 Stat. 436. Those statutes provide only for appeals upon the question of priority of invention, and appeals on other questions are left under the power given by § 483, Rev. Stat.,' to the regulation of the Patent Office.</p>