McKee v. Stevens

The present proceeding- is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office in an interference proceeding, aivarding priority to the appellee, Stevens. The appellant, Garnet W. McKee, filed his application in said office on May 7, 1930, seeking- a patent upon an improvement in meter connecting devices. The appellee, Charles W. Stevens, filed an application for a patent for a similar invention in said office on March 19, 1930.

The counts of the interference were five in number. The first count is deemed to be sufficient for purposes of illustration, and is…