Halbleib v. Bendix
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from a Decision of the Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceedings in the Patent Office between Edward A. Halbleib and Vincent Bendix and another, between Edward A. Hal-bleib and Vincent Bendix and others, between Frank Conrad and Vincent Bendix and another, between Frank Conrad and Vincent Bendix and others, and between Joseph Bijur and Vincent Bendix and others, with three proceedings between Joseph Bijur and Vincent Bendix.
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Appeal from a Decision of the Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceedings in the Patent Office between Edward A. Halbleib and Vincent Bendix and another, between Edward A. Hal-bleib and Vincent Bendix and others, between Frank Conrad and Vincent Bendix and another, between Frank Conrad and Vincent Bendix and others, and between Joseph Bijur and Vincent Bendix and others, with three proceedings between Joseph Bijur and Vincent Bendix. From a decision awarding priority of invention to Bendix, the other parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDKE, Associate Justice.
These appeals grow out of a four-party interference, in which priority of intervention was awarded generally to the party Bendix by each of the three tribunals of the Patent Office.
The application of Bijur was filed November 5, 1914; of Conrad, December 26, 1913; of Halbleib, May 28, 1913; and of Bendix, November 24, 1913. A patent was granted to Bendix January 12, 1915. '
The issue is set forth in 1;wo counts, as follows:
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