Kennicott v. Caps
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from a Decision by the Assistant Commissioner of Patents.. Interference proceeding in the Patent Office between Cass E. Ken-nicott and John E. Caps. From a decision awarding priority to Caps, Kennicott appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
The Assistant Commissioner of Patents awarded priority of invention to Caps in an interference between his application and that of Kennicott, and the latter appeals. Improvements in an apparatus for softening water constitute the subject of the invention. There is only one count of the interference. It reads:
1. In a water-softening apparatus a reagent drum, means for passing water to be softened through the reagent in said drum, a water meter for measuring the water flowing through the said drum, a valve for shutting off the flow of water through the drum, and means…
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