Lichtenwalter v. Caron

This is an 'appeal in an interference proceeding from tbe decision of tbe Board of Interference Examiners of tbe United States Patent Office awarding priority of invention of tbe subject matter defined in the counts in issue, Nos. 1 and 2, to appellee Martinus H. Caron.

The interference is between appellee’s patent No. 2,290,318, issued July 21, 1942, on an application filed May 28, 1941, and appellant’s application No. 458,136, filed September 12,1942.

*793Appellant is the junior party and as his application was filed, subsequent to the issuance of appellee’s patent, the burden was upon him to…