Schwab v. Pittman

Baldwin, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Patent Interferences, adhered to on reconsideration, awarding priority to Pittman, the senior party, in accordance with the summary judgment provisions of Patent Office Rule 228.

The.single count in issue corresponds to an immaterial modification of claim 15 of Pittman’s patent.1 The count, as itemized by appellants, reads as follows:

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Item 1_ A relatively thin flat receptacle for releasably mounting an integrated circuit module of the flat pack type on a printed circuit board,

Item 2_ Said module having collateral leads…