Legal Opinion
William R. Polye v. Herbert Bennett Uhl
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 12, 1964No. Patent Appeal 7087PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
This appeal by the junior party Polye is from a decision of the Board of Patent Interferences awarding priority of invention of the five counts in issue to the senior party Uhl, with one member of the board dissenting.
At the time the invention in issue was made, Polye, a physicist, was in the employ of Bendix Aviation Corporation. The Polye application, Serial No. 5,168, filed January 28, 1960, is entitled “Electrolyte for a Sealed Liquid Level Current Control Device.” Uhl, at the time of the filing of his application, Serial No. 792,-898, on February 12, 1959, was a chemist…
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