Fersing v. Fast

Appellant has here appealed from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office in an interference proceeding in which the board affirmed the decision of the Examiner of Interferenc'es in awarding priority of invention of the six counts involved to the senior party Fast. The sole issue for determination is one of originality. Both partes rely upon the same development activities to establish their respective cases.

The invention involved may be understood from a study of counts 1, 3, and 6 which are representative of the six counts involved and which follow:

1. In a…