Legal Opinion
Bowers v. Valley
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided April 9, 1945No. Patent Appeals 4993, 4995PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLAND, Associate Judge.
The two junior parties, Bowers and Valley, have here appealed from the decision of the Board of Interference Examiners of the United States Patent Office in a three-party patent interference proceeding, awarding to the senior party, Ernst, priority of invention of the two counts involved.
The interference is between three applications. That of Bowers, Serial No. 365,600, was filed November 14, 1940; that of Valley, Serial No. 290,355, August 16, 1939; and that of Ernst, Serial No. 237,-502, October 28, 1938.
The two counts are:
“1. A two-piece oil-control ring comprising…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Payne v. HurleyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1934
- Collins v. OlsenCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1939
- Taylor v. SwingleCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1943
- Bennett v. FitzgeraldCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1931
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- Landon v. GinztonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1954
- American MacHine & Foundry Company v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
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