Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Margaret N. HERNANDEZ, Administratrix of the Estate of Arturo Hernandez-Mejia
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1924-06-02
Citations: 298 F. 1019
Docket Number: Patent Appeal No. 1663
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Margaret N. HERNANDEZ, Administratrix of the Estate of Arturo Hernandez-Mejia.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 298
Pages: 1019–1019

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Margaret N. HERNANDEZ, Administratrix of the Estate of Arturo Hernandez-Mejia.
(Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.
Submitted May 14, 1924.
Decided June 2, 1924.)
Patent Appeal No. 1663.
Benjamin Roman, of New York City, for appellant.
Theodore A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C., for Commissioner of Patents.
Before ROBB and VAN. ORSDED, Associate Justices, and SMITH, Judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appeal from concurrent decisions of the Patent Office
tribunals refusing to allow this reissue' application with broader claims, it having been filed almost three years after the issuance of the original patent. The Patent Office tribunals have carefully considered the facts and have found that no special circumstances have been shown to excuse the delay. We concur in this finding. See In re Starkey, 21 App. D. C. 519, In re Ams, 29 App. D. C. 91, and In re Otto, 259 Fed. 985, 49 App. D. C. 89. The decision is affirmed. Affirmed.