Huelster v. Reiter

Patent Appeal No. 5468

This is an appeal in an interference proceeding from the decision of the Board of Interference Examiners of the United States Patent Office awarding priority of invention of the subject matter in issue to appellee, Harold J. Reiter, the.senior party. The invention in issue is a cap for a snap fastener. It is defined in four counts, of which the following is representative:

1. A cap for a snap fastener, said cap having an imperforate center portion and an annular marginal portion, and an annular series of prongs cut from the marginal portion and integrally joined to the…