Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Swingle

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided June 10, 1943No. Patent Appeal 4721PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARRETT, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Interference Examiners of the United States Patent Office, awarding priority to the party Swingle upon two counts involved in an interference proceeding, which read as follows:

“1. In an electric switch, a movable contact member, two opposed displaced fulcrums, an actuator for said contact member disposed between said fulcrums and normally bearing and fulcruming on one fulcrum, and means for withdrawing said one fulcrum to effect the fulcruming of the actuator on the other fulcrum.
“2. In an electric switch, two…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mason v. HepburnCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1898

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. F. Brantley Scott and John H. Burton v. Roy P. FinneyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
  2. Field v. Knowles. Field v. KnowlesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1950
  3. Application of William L. Hartop, Jr., and Edward P. BrandesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
  4. Eastern Rotorcraft Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
  5. Toledo Scale Corporation v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Toledo Scale CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965

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