U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949

Kieferle v. Kingsland, Commissioner of Patents

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · Decided December 5, 1949 · Edgerton, Clark, Miller

178 F.2d 728; 86 U.S. App. D.C. 4 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Mr. Frank E. Scrivener, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Charles K. Davies, Jr., Bethesda, Md. was on the brief, for appellants., Mr. E. L. Reynolds, Solicitor, United States Patent Office, Washington, D. C., for appellee. Mr. W. W. Cochran, former Solicitor, United States Patent Office, Washington. D. C., was also on the brief for appellee.

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Appellants sued under R.S. § 4915, 35 U.S.C.A. § 63, to obtain a patent on a system of writing music in which notes are given different colors according to volume of sound. We agree with the District Court and the Patent Office that this system is not patentable for lack of invention over the prior art and also because printed matter is not patentable.

Affirmed.

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