Herthel v. Dubbs

GARRETT, Associate Judge.

This is an interference proceeding, arising in the United States Patent Office, between an application of the senior party, Dubbs, and a patent issued to the junior parties, Herthel and Tifft, which patent bears the broad title, “Art of Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils.” It is before us upon appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals affirming that of the Examiner- of Interferences awarding priority upon three counts to the party Dubbs, it being a judgment upon the record.

We are confronted at the outset with the insistence by Dubbs that, in view of the state of the…