Legal Opinion
Theodore A. Te Grotenhuis v. Luther L. Yaeger
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 9, 1961No. Patent Appeal 6636PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Judge.
This is an appeal by TeGrotenhuis from a decision of the Board of Patent Interferences of the United States Patent Oifice awarding priority of invention of the subject matter in eight of the ten counts in interference No. 88,771 to Yaeger, the senior party. Priority as to the other two counts, 8 and 9, was awarded to TeGrotenhuis. No cross appeal has been taken by Yaeger as to the latter two counts.
U. S. Patent No. 2,742,378 was issued to TeGrotenhuis on April 17, 1956 on application serial No. 302,415, filed August 2, 1952. This application was a continuation-in-part of two…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Carl F. Prutton v. Everett W. Fuller and Ellwood M. JohnsonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1956
- Prahl v. RedmanCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1941
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