Legal Opinion
Hedgewick v. Akers
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 13, 1974No. Patent Appeal No. 9199PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Patent Interferences awarding priority to appellee (Akers), the senior party, who is involved through application serial No. 710,032, filed March 4, 1968. Appellant (Hedge-wick), the junior party, is involved through application serial No. 715,391, filed March 22,1968. We affirm.
The interference concerns a safety package comprising a container and a cap which is disengageable therefrom by combined axial and rotative motion. Inasmuch as derivation-is the only dispositive issue raised on appeal, further discussion of the invention…
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