Legal Opinion
Burns v. Curtis
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided February 1, 1949No. Patent Appeal 5530-5534PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATFIELD, Judge.
These are appeals in interference proceedings from the decisions of the Board of Interference Examiners of the United States Patent Office awarding priority of invention of the subject matter defined by all of the counts in each of, interference Nos. 80,772 (appeal No. 5530), 81,-029 (appeal No. 5531), 81,030 (appeal No. 5532), 81,031 (appeal No. 5533), and 81,-684 (appeal No. 5534) to appellee, Russell R. Curtis. Appellee is the senior party in each of the interferences. Accordingly, the burden was upon appellant to establish priority of invention by a preponderance of the…
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