Case Name: In re ERICKSON
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1928-03-05
Citations: 24 F.2d 904
Docket Number: No. 2009
Parties: In re ERICKSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 24
Pages: 904–904

Head Matter:
In re ERICKSON.
Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.
Submitted January 12, 1928.
Decided March 5, 1928.
No. 2009.
J. F. Williamson and C. C. Reif, both of Minneapolis, Minn., and J. A. Hoffman, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.
T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C., for Commissioner of Patents.
Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, WAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice, and SMITH, Judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals. '

Opinion:
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
This appeal is from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents, denying the application of appellant for a patent for a telephone elbow rest.
The application discloses an elbow pad for use in connection with a desk telephone. The pad is connected to the telephone by an elastic band, provided with snap button fasteners for securing the end of the band around the telephone standard. The patent was rejected upon two references; but, without stopping to consider these references, we are of opinion that the applicatiofi should be rejected on the broader ground that no invention ex-sists in the using of a cushion for an elbow rest in connection with a telephone, as is disclosed in this ease, for the reason that the universal use of cushions for various purposes, analogous to the use here suggested, is lacking in 'inventive initiative.
The decision of the Commissioner is affirmed.