Crane v. Carlson

LENROOT, Judge.

This is an interference proceeding instituted before the United States Patent Office wherein the Board of Appeals affirmed a decision of the Examiner of Interferences awarding priority of invention of the subject matter of all the counts, six in number, to appellee.

Counts 1 and 3 are illustrative and read as follows:

“Count 1. In combination with a navigable vehicle, an energy collecting means having a normal angular relation to a source of radiant energy and to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, means for automatically keeping the ‘vehicle in a set heading, radio receiving…