Akers v. Papst

This is an interference proceeding wherein the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirmed a decision of the Examiner of Interferences. awarding .to appellee priority of the. invention described in the single count of the interference, which count reads as follows:

A door lock including an outside handle retractable into and projectable from a recess in the outer side of a door to which said lock is applied, yieldable means exerting a constant force tending to project said outside handle from said recess, an inside handle, means for releasably holding said outside handle in…