Legal Opinion
Fontijn v. Okamoto
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 19, 1975No. Patent Appeal No. 74-594PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMOND, Senior Judge.
The junior party Fontijn appeals from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Interferences in interference No. 97,765 awarding' priority of invention to the senior party Okamoto et al. (Okamoto). We reverse.
Fontijn is involved on patent No. 3.447.308 based on a United States application serial No. 663,812, filed August 28, 1967, claiming the priority of a Netherlands application No. 66-12,628, filed September 8, 1966; and on a reissue application serial No. 230,815, filed March 1, 1972, which seeks to amend patent No. 3.447.308 by inserting…
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