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Commissariat à L'Energie Atomique v. Watson, Commissioner of Patents, 1960 — 362 U.S. 977 · caselaw · US
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Commissariat à L'Energie Atomique v. Watson, Commissioner of Patents
362 U.S. 977·Supreme Court of the United States·1960
Mr. Justice Frankfurter took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.
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Opinion
No. 826.
Commissariat à L’Energie Atomique v. Watson, Commissioner of Patents.
Mr. Justice Frankfurter took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.
David Ginsburg, James L. Morrisson and Eugene Gressman for petitioner.
Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Doub, Morton Hollander and John G. Laughlin, Jr. for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. Certiorari denied.