Derr v. Gleason
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceeding in the Patent Office between Charles E. Derr and James E. Gleason. From a decision by the Commissioner of Patents in favor of Gleason, Derr appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
Appeal from concurrent decisions of the Patent Office tribunals in an interference proceeding awarding priority *970of invention to the junior.party, Gleason; the ground of the decisions being that Gleason had shown priority of conception and diligence.
The invention is a method for cutting curved gear teeth (gears of that character now being very generally used in the rear axles of automobiles) and a machine for practicing the method. The issue .is expressed in a number of counts, but counts 1 and 12, here- reproduced, are sufficiently illustrative:
“1. The method of…
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