McNeil v. Molyneux
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceeding between Chester McNeil and George E. Molyneux, relating to a process for joining sections of fabric. From a decision of the Commissioner of Patents awarding priority to Molyneux, McNeil appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
This in an interference proceeding relating to a process for joining sections of fabric, and in which priority was awarded the senior party, Molyneux, by each of the three tribunals of the Patent ■ Office. Two claims are involved, but claim 1 sufficiently illustrates the invention and is here reproduced:
“1. The process of joining fabric sections consisting in uniting the superposed edges of the fabric sections for stitching, opening the sections of fabric until the major portions lie in' substantially the same plane, exerting a strain on the respective fabric sections…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Seymour v. MolyneuxCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1920