Cowles v. Rody
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from a Decision by the Assistant Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceeding in the Patent Office between Franz A. Rody and Alfred H. Cowles. From a decision of the Assistant Commissioner of Patents, dissolving the proceeding, Cowles appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
Cowles appeals from a decision of the Assistant Commissioner of Patents dissolving an interference to which he was a party. The subject-matter, which was a method for treating feldspar and the like, is expressed in nine counts. In view of the conclusion which we have reached, it is not necessary to set out any of them.
Rody was granted a patent August 24, 1915, on an application filed October 11, 1913. Cowles’ application was not filed until November 20, 1915, nearly three months after Rody’s patent had issued. Cowles was therefore the junior party. The Examiner of…
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- In re CowlesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1924