Case Name: In re BRONSON
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1926-02-01
Citations: 10 F.2d 1015
Docket Number: No. 1820
Parties: In re BRONSON.
Judges: Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 10
Pages: 1015–1015

Head Matter:
In re BRONSON.
(Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.
Submitted January 19, 1926.
Decided February 1, 1926.)
No. 1820.
W. T. Estabrook, of Washington, D. C., and A. J. Hudson, of Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant.
T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C., for Commissioner of Patents.
Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.

Opinion:
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
Appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents, rejecting appellant's application for a design patent for a dust cap for tire valves. The advance in the art claimed consists merely in the increase in the number of sides on the cap.
We agree with the holding of the Commissioner that this does not constitute invention, and in view of the numerous citations of existing patents, anticipating appellant's device, the decision of the Assistant Commissioner is right, and is affirmed.