Legal Opinion

John E. Morgan v. Harry Hirsch

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided March 2, 1984No. Appeal 83-909, 83-910PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from two decisions dated December 8, 1982, of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Interferences (board) in two interferences, Nos. 99,909 and 99,910, awarding priority of the counts to the senior party, Harry Hirsch. We affirm.

The subject matter, generally speaking, is thermal underwear. The time period involved, during which the events leading to the filing of the parties’ patent applications took place, is 1974-1977. Hirsch filed his application, serial No. 780,463, on March 23, 1977. Morgan filed his patent application, serial No.…

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