L-O-F Glass Fibers Company and Everett J. Cook v. Robert C. Watson, Commissioner of Patents

BAZELON, Circuit Judge

(dissenting).

My brethren of the majority reverse the judgment below because “on the entire evidence [they] are left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”1 I do not share their conviction even though, as they correctly state, “we are permitted a ‘subjective opinion or formulation of a judgment.’ 2 I would therefore affirm.

. Majority opinion, p. 11, citing Dollar v. Land, 1950, 87 U.S.App.D.C. 214, 217, 218, 184 F.2d 245, certiorari denied, 1950, 340 U.S. 884, 71 S.Ct. 198, 95 L.Ed. 641.

. Majority opinion, p. 12, quoting from Standard Oil Development Co. v. Mar-zall, 1950, 86 U.S.App.D.C. 210, 214, 181 F.2d 280.