Hurd v. Smith

Garrett, Presiding Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of the court:

There is here brought before us for review the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Examiner of Interferences awarding priority to the party Smith in an- interference declared between applications of the respective parties for patents for a locking device to hold a hub cap in place on the wheels of a vehicle such as an automobile.

A single count is involved, the text of which reads:

1. In combination a wheel bub having an opening, a hub eax> having a flange for extending…