Cislak v. Wagner

COLE, Judge.

This is an appeal in a patent interference proceeding in which the appellant, Francis E. Cislak, seeks review and reversal of a decision by the Board of Interference Examiners of the United States Patent Office awarding priority of invention of the subject matter contained in the single count in interference to the appellee, Cary R. Wagner.

The count relates to the production of vinyl pyridine by dehydrogenation from ethyl pyridine and reads as follows:

“A process of producing a vinyl pyridine which comprises passing the vapors of an ethyl pyridine over a solid dehydrogenation…