Legal Opinion
Wilbur M. Van Otteren v. William J. Hafner and Gordon H. Cork
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 1, 1960No. Patent Appeal 6512PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WORLEY, Chief Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Patent Interferences of the United States Patent Office awarding priority of invention of the subject matter in issue in interference No. 87,892 to the party Hafner and Cork.
The invention relates to a pneumatic dispatch system in which a cylindrical carrier is caused to move along a tubular conduit by differential air pressures, and in which the carrier may be automatically directed into a predetermined branch conduit. The entrances to the branch conduits are controlled by eleetromagnetically operated gates which are…
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- Crane v. GrierCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1934
- O'Donnell v. HarttCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1935
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