Walter C. Alexander, Leo Nordwald and Robert P. Wanger v. Howard J. Williams, Francis R. Rogers and Basil J. Ryder

ALMOND, Judge.

This appeal by the junior party, Alexander et al., is from. a decision of the Board of Patent Interferences awarding priority of invention of the single count in issue to the senior party, Williams et al. Appellees’ application 1 was filed on April 5, 1955. Appellants’ application, 2 filed May 24, 1955, became a patent 3 on April 5, 1960. The Williams et al. application is assigned to The Bendix Corporation and the Alexander et al. patent is assigned to General Electric.

The invention involved in this interference is a system for controlling fuel flow and stator angle in a jet…