Legal Opinion

Dickinson v. Swinehart

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided February 2, 1920No. 1275PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Decision of the Assistant Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceeding in the Patent Office between James A. Swinehart • and Fredrick S. Dickinson. From a decision awarding priority to the senior party, Dickinson appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

SMYTH, Chief Justice.

Dickinson appeals from a decision of the Patent Office awarding priority to Swinehart for a method of making a cord fabric or fabric carcass which forms the foundation of a pneumatic tire. There are seven claims involved, of which Claim 1 is illustrative. It is as follows:

“1. The method of making a tire skeleton, which comprises winding cord spirally around a support to produce a fabric web, and thereafter shifting said cord to change the angle of the cord elements relative to the sides of said fabric web.”

[1] Swinehart filed his application on December 16, 1914, and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

Courson v. O'ConnorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1915
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