Broos v. Barton

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Interference Examiners of the United States Patent Office awarding to appellee priority of invention of the subject matter described in counts 1, 3, and 4 of the interference. Priority with respect to count 2 was awarded to appellant and no appeal was taken by appellee from such award.1

In view of the questions presented by the appeal, it is unnecessary to discuss the invention or the counts forming the issue.

It appears that appellant, on August 3,1936, filed in the Patent Office of Germany an application disclosing the involved invention, and…