Wayne v. Tew

SMITH, Acting Associate Justice.

Whether priority of invention for a method of making rubberized cord fabrics for use in the manufacture of pneumatic tires should be awarded to Herbert N. Wayne or to James D. Tew is the issue raised by this appeal. Wayne filed his application for a patent on the 15th of April, 1918, and Tew filed his application on the 25th of July, 1918.

The Examiner of Interferences found that there was evidence tending to show that Wayne disclosed his invention to Dr. Hutchinson in the early part of 1917, and that the evidence submitted on the interference proceedings…