Case Name: In re FORSYTH
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1927-02-07
Citations: 17 F.2d 688
Docket Number: No. 1878
Parties: In re FORSYTH.
Judges: • Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 17
Pages: 688–688

Head Matter:
In re FORSYTH.
(Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.
Submitted January 10, 1927.
Decided February 7, 1927.)
No. 1878.
L. T. Greist, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.
• Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.

Opinion:
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
Appellant was denied a .patent on a claim for an ornamental design for a disk wheel, and accordingly this appeal was taken.
We deem it unnecessary to consider the case at length, as we are clearly of the opinion that, if appellant's design would be patentable, in the absence of anticipation by the disclosures of the prior art, he is completely barred by existing patents cited in the decisions of the tribunals below.
The decision of the Commissioner is affirmed: