Bourne v. Goodyear
Supreme Court of the United States
Bourne v. Goodyear, 76 U.S. 811 (1870)
19 L. Ed. 786; 9 Wall. 811; 1869 U.S. LEXIS 1035
Bourne v. Goodyear
Opinion
delivered the opinion of the court.
The extension having expired before the bill was filed, there is no equity to support the application to set it aside. The extension has ceased to be of any effect, and there remains nothing which can be the subject of a suit. The demurrer to the bill, therefore, must be sustained, and the decree of the Circuit Court by which the bill was dismissed must be
Affirmed.
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- A proceeding to vacate the extension of a patent, of which the extension has expired before the proceeding was begun, has no equity to support it, and cannot be sustained on demurrer. ,