Horton v. Sachs

SMYTH, Chief Justice.

Bryson D. Horton appeals from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents awarding priority to Joseph Sachs in an interference proceeding relative to aii invention concerning a cut-out switch, with which is associated a device arranged for meter testing. The whole device is ordinarily used' at a point adjacent to where the wires enter a building to supply electric current thereto. There are 17 counts. Counts 1, 9, and 14 are typical.

1. A meter-testing appliance, comprising a plurality of pairs of contacts, and their co-operating connectors, one of which constitutes a…