Sylvester v. Jacobsen Manufacturing Co.

GRUBB, District Judge.

This is an action under Section 146, Title 35 U.S.C.A., arising out of patent office interference proceedings. Defendant, Jacobsen Manufacturing Company, the assignee of the patent application of the inventor, Raymond K. Strasel, which application was awarded priority over the patent in suit, has moved for dismissal of the complaint.

Defendant, a Wisconsin corporation, contends that Strasel, a resident of Illinois, is an adverse party. Thus it is claimed that there are adverse parties residing in a plurality of districts, vest*94ing jurisdiction of this suit exclusively in…