Potts v. Kimball

The Board of Interference Examiners of the United States Patent Office, in the instant interference proceeding, awarded priority of invention of the single count involved to the appellees, Vernon R. Kimball and Robert F. Dirkes (hereafter referred to as Kimball et al.). Louis M. Potts (hereafter referred to as Potts) has here appealed from the board’s decision.

The interference involves an application of Potts, filed March 25, 1931, and renewed May 3, 1939, and a patent of Kimball et al., No-2,135,376, issued November 1, 1938, on an application filed, October 22,1935. The real parties in…