Legal Opinion
Robert C. Woofter v. Vernon E. Carlson
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided February 9, 1967No. Patent Appeal 7496PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
Appellant prosecutes this appeal from a decision of the Board of Patent Interferences awarding priority to appellee. The applications involved in the interference are:(a) Woofter’s application S.N. 426,118 filed April 28, 1954, and(b) Carlson’s application S.N. 475,733 filed December 16, 1954.
The subject matter of the interference is a sheet metal electrical connector, or terminal, illustratively shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of its Woofter application as follows:
The connector includes a female portion formed by the side wings 30 and 31 which are reversely bent upon themselves to place…
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