Alexander Carusi and Robert F. Kolec v. Robert Looker

ALMOND, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Patent Interferences awarding priority of invention to Robert Looker. Although the board granted the Carusi motion to add Kolec as a joint inventor, the party Carusi et al. will hereinafter be referred to as Carusi.

There are two counts in issue, the first of which is generic and the second specific. We do not deem it necessary to set them out herein in extenso. The counts define a novel form of blind rivet or fastener which, allegedly, has solved a difficult problem in the construction of sheet metal buildings, tanks, storage bins…