Arthur W. Langer, Jr., and Erik Tornqvist v. Daniel Kaufman and Bryce H. McMullen

This is an appeal arising out of interference No. 94,847 which involved three parties in the Patent Office and was there entitled “Reed and Wilkinson vs. Kaufman and McMullen vs. Langer and Tornqvist.” On March 14, 1969, the Board of Patent Interferences awarded priority to Kaufman and McMullen (Kaufman). Reed and Wilkinson (Reed) timely filed a request 1 for reconsideration of the board’s decision on or about April 14, 1969, which request was denied by the board in a decision on reconsideration dated May 7, 1969. Subsequently, Langer and Tornqvist (Langer), who had brought no petition for…