Land v. Kasemann

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Interference Examiners of the United States Patent Office awarding jtriority of invention to appellee, Kasemann, of the subject matter defined by the one count in issue.

The interference is between appellant’s application, Serial No. 237,783, filed October 29, 1938; and the patent to Kasemann, No. 2,236,972, issued April 1, 1941, on an application, Serial No. 154,204, filed July 17, 1937. Kasemann is therefore the senior party, having filed his application approximately a 3?ear and three months before the filing date of appellant’s…