Harvey v. Short

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from concurrent decisions of the Patent Office tribunals awarding priority of invention to the senior party, Short.

The invention is simple, and involves an arrangement for supporting a mirror upon the windshield of an automobile. After the testimony of Short and Harvey had been taken and filed, Harvey for the first time filed a motion to dissolve, claiming that Short had no right to make the claim. The Examiner of Interferences, after an analysis of the evidence, awarded priority to Short. He then ruled that, inasmuch as Harvey’s motion to dissolve was not filed…