Legal Opinion

Carl F. Prutton v. Everett W. Fuller and Ellwood M. Johnson

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided February 21, 1956No. Patent Appeal 6190PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLE, Judge.

The Board of Patent Interferences of the United States Patent Office awarded priority of invention of the subject matter in issue in Interference No. 85,833 to the junior party, Fuller and Johnson, and the senior party below, Prutton, appeals to this court from that decision. The invention in controversy is a mineral oil lubricant having as additives spec ified proportions of the detergent magnesium sulphonate, and an oxidation and corrosion inhibitor formed by reacting a phosphorous sulphide with a dicyclic terpene (turpentine). The interference issue comprises six generally…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Lindley v. ShepherdCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1928
  2. Bierly v. HappoldtCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1953
  3. Engelbrecht v. RogersCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1945
  4. Application of PruttonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1952

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In Re Scott T. JolleyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2002
  2. Standard Oil Company v. MontedisonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1980
  3. George E. Hall, Jr. v. Louis B. TaylorCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1964
  4. Application of Francis J. Honn and Willard M. SimsCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1966
  5. Serge A. Loukomsky v. Hans GerlichCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1959

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