Walter H. Wirkler v. Corles M. Perkins and Alfred Bennett

RICH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Patent Interferences awarding priority of invention of the subject matter of the count to the senior party, Perkins and Bennett. The application of the junior party, Walter H. Wirkler, was filed on August 17, 1949. The Perkins et al. application was filed September 19, 1947. The Wirkler application has matured into patent No., 2,548,278 from which the count was copied by the senior party.

The count is as follows:

“A system for controlling the flight of an aircraft so as to approach and coincide with a beam comprising a receiver for…