Swengel v. Burkig

Almond, Judge.

This is an appeal by the senior party Swengel from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Patent Interferences awarding priority in interference No. 95,848 ■ to Burkig and Richardson (Burkig), the junior. party. In issue are two counts corresponding to claims of a Burkig patent,1 copied by Swengel in his application.2

The subject matter in issue is a grid of interconnected electrical conductors suitable for use in interconnecting electrical components, such as- micro-size elements, in selected' different circuit networks. A particular network is obtained by severing selected…