Duncan v. Shelly
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from Decision of Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceeding in the Patent Office between Raymond Duncan and Samuel Shelly. From a decision awarding priority to Shelly, Duncan appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
This appeal is from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents in an interference proceeding awarding priority of invention to appellee, Shelly.
The invention relates to a stop mechanism by means of which the turntable of a phonograph may be automatically stopped when the reproduction of sound from the record has been completed. It is unnecessary to consider the invention or the counts of the issue, since the appeal turns upon questions of law.
Appellant, Duncan, alleges conception of the invention in May, 1914, and reduction to practice in June, 1914. He filed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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