Botnen v. Dorman

GARRETT, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal in an interference proceeding in which the Board of Interference Examiners of the United States Patent Office awarded priority to the party Dor-man, the award being based solely on alleged lack of diligence on the part of the party Botnen during a portion of the critical period.

The party Dorman also filed a paper purporting to be a notice of appeal in which there were set forth alleged errors in rulings of the board adverse to him as to his date of conception.

The subject matter involved relates to mufflers or silencers located in the exhaust pipe of…