Cooper v. Downing

This is an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents in an interference proceeding holding appellee, Ira S. Downing, entitled to the following claims copied from a patent issued to appellant, James J, Cooper:

“1. A car end composed of two sections of sheet metal provided with stiffening ribs or corrugations which coalesce at the junction of the sections, the said sections having connecting flanges extending from the protuberant sides of the corrugations.

*347“2. A car end made up of a plurality of joined sections of sheet metal in which are pressed stiffening corrugations which…