Legal Opinion
Hugh S. Knowles v. George C. Tibbetts
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided October 12, 1965No. Patent Appeal 7377PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMOND, Judge.
Hugh S. Knowles appeals from a decision of the Board of Patent Interferences awarding priority of invention to George C. Tibbetts. The interference is between two applications. 1 The board based its award of priority on its holding that the junior party, Knowles, had failed to prove a reduction to practice prior to the senior party’s filing date.
There are three counts in the interference. At oral hearing, Knowles’ attorney abandoned the appeal as to count 1. We thus are concerned only with counts 2 and 3 which read as follows :
2. An electromagnetic transducer comprising a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Townsend v. SmithCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1929
- Globe-Union, Inc. v. Chicago Telephone Supply Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
- Joshua C. Conner v. George G. JorisCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1957
- John O. Paivinen v. Eugene A. SandsCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1965
- Kenneth H. White v. Harold H. P. LemmermanCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1965
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Rohm and Haas Co. v. Dawson Chemical Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1983
- Steinberg v. SeitzCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1975
- Tibbetts Industries, Inc. And George C. Tibbetts v. Knowles Electronics, Inc. And Hugh S. KnowlesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
- In re DardickCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1974
- Voisinet v. CoglianeseCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1972
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