United States Department of Energy v. Daugherty

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Interferences (board), adhered to on reconsideration, awarding priority of invention with respect to all counts in interference to the senior party, Daugherty et al. (Daugherty). We affirm.

Background

Involved in this interference are Daugherty U.S. Patent No. 3,702,973, issued to Avco Corporation, assignee, November 14, 1972, on an application filed September 17, 1970, and application serial No. 162,074, *439filed July 13, 1971, by Fenstermacher and Boyer, assignors to the United States as…