Holslag v. Hollup

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from concurrent decisions of the Patent Office tribunals in an interference proceeding, in which priority of invention was awarded the senior party, Hollup. The invention is an electrode, used in welding by means of an electric arc, and is expressed in a single count, which originated with Holslag and reads as follows:

“An electrode for use in electric arc welding and repairing, comprising a metal rod having a coating consisting principally of silica, preferably in the form of silicate of soda.”

It will be observed that this is a broad count, and the junior party,…