United States Rifle & Cartridge Co. v. Whitney Arms Co.

Citations

• 118 U.S. 22
• 6 S. Ct. 950
• 30 L. Ed. 53
• 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1894

Syllabus

<p>The decision of tbe Commissioner of Patents, granting an application for a patent, a former application for which has been rejected or withdrawn, is not conclusive upon the question of abandonment of the invention in a suit brought for the infringement of the patent.</p> <p>An inventor, whose application for a patent has been rejected by the Patent Office and withdrawn by him, and who, without substantial reason or excuse, omits for eight years to reinstate or renew, it, during which, time many patents embodying the substance of the invention are granted to other persons, must be held to have abandoned the invention.</p>