Samuel Egnot v. Robert Looker

ALMOND, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Patent Interferences awarding priority of the subject matter in interference No. 93,815 to the senior party Looker.

The parties herein are the junior party Samuel Egnot, assignor to Huck Manufacturing Company (hereinafter Huck) and Robert Looker, assignor to Brown-Line Corporation. Herein involved are the Egnot application1 entitled “Fastener Construction” and the Looker patent2 entitled “Grooved Pin with Reformable Collar to Accommodate Various Thicknesses.”

The invention in issue is a fastener construction using a loekbolt for…