Funk v. Whitely
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner ■of Patents in an interference case. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
This is an interference proceeding between opposing claimants of the invention of an improvement in clover-bunchers.
The issue is: “In a mowing-machine, in combination, a slatted platform attached to the finger-bar and adapted to slide ■on the stubble, a rake located rearward of and entirely free from said platform to collect and hold the crop as the machine moves forward, supporting and operating means for said rake located wholly upon the stubbleward side of said platform.”
William N. Whitely’s application was filed January 16, 1903, and patent thereon was issued June 16, 1903. When this…
2Cited by1 opinion
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