Goodrum v. Clement
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from a Decision of the Commissioner of Patents. Interference proceeding between Charles E. Goodrum, Edward E. Clement, and Harry G. Webster, and interference proceeding between Harry G. Webster and Edward E. Clement. From a judgment in the three-party interference in favor of Clement; the other parties appeal; and. from a decision in the other proceeding in favor of Clement, Webster appeals. Decision in the three-party case reversed, and priority awarded to Goodrum.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
Nos. 1441, 1442, and 1443 are appeals from a decision of the Patent Office, in an interference proceeding, finding the party Clement to be the original and prior inventor of the subject-matter of the counts. The invention relates to the art of automatic telephony, in which, prior to this invenlion, the mechanism at the central station was controlled by a pair of relays for each telephone, and was known as a three-wire system. This invention dispenses with the use of a third wire by making one relay -of each pair slow to release, and the other relay faster, so that, by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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