Legal Opinion
Randolph v. Shoberg
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided February 1, 1979No. Appeal No. 78-595PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Patent Interferences (board) awarding priority to Shoberg et al. (Shoberg), the senior party. We reverse.
Background
Shoberg was issued U.S. patent No. 3,938,603 entitled “Constant Moment Weigh Scale With Floating Flexure Beam” on February 17, 1976, on an application filed December 30, 1974. Randolph, the junior party, filed an application entitled “Multipoint Load-Summing Apparatus” on May 5, 1975. On February 10, 1977, Randolph amended his application by copying claims 1, 8 and 17 of the Shoberg patent and submitted his…
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