Legal Opinion
Laughlin v. Burry
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 7, 1921No. 1353PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from a Decision of the Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceeding in the Patent Office between Elmyr A. Laughlin, junior party, and Vincent J. Burry, senior party. From a decision in favor of the senior party, the junior party appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDED, Associate Justice.
This appeal is from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents awarding priority of invention to appel-lee, Burry, for an invention relating to side bearings for railway cars. The issue is in seven counts, of which the following are illustrative:
“1. A bearing device comprising upper and lower housings or bearing plates vertically movable the one with relation to the other and having plain bearing faces, a plurality of rollers interposed between said plates and means on said plates and said rollers to maintain the rollers constantly spaced at the same distance…
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