Van Cleef v. Tierney

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming that of the Examiner of Interferences awarding priority to the party Tierney in an interference proceeding instituted between a patent to Van Cleef and an application ■of Tierney, the subject matter being broadly described as adhesive tape.

Four counts are involved, all being for the article.

As the issue is presented here it is sufficient to quote counts 1 and 3 for illustrative purposes:

Count 1. As a new article of manufacture, a tape comprising a strip of rubber hydrohalide and a coating…