Case Name: IN RE MADDEN
Court: Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 1912-01-02
Citations: 38 App. D.C. 94
Docket Number: No. 725
Parties: IN RE MADDEN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
Volume: 38
Pages: 94–94

Head Matter:
IN RE MADDEN.
Patents; Originality.
A decision of the Commissioner of Patents rejecting an application for a patent for a new and ornamental design for the bowl of a water closet, on references cited and on a patent issued to the applicant, ttjfirmed.
No. 725.
Patent Appeals.
Submitted November 15, 1911.
Decided January 2, 1912.
Hearing on an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, rejecting an application for a patent.
Affirmed.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
Mr. L. M. Hopkins for the appellant.
Mr. Webster S. Buckman for the Commissioner of Patents.

Opinion:
Mr. Chief Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This is an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner, of Patents rejecting an application of Patrick J. Madden for a patent for a new and ornamental design for the bowl of a water closet. Upon reference to several existing patents in the same field, it was held that there was no invention involved in the described design.
It is unnecessary to review the several references. In view of these, and another patent issued to the applicant, we fully concur in the decision of the commissioner that there is no novelty disclosed.
The decision is affirmed.