Legal Opinion
Walker v. Altorfer
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided April 29, 1940No. 4313PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBlaNd, Judge
This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office, affirming that of the Examiner of Interferences in awarding priority of invention of a design for an ironing machine cabinet to the junior party Altorfer. The interference was declared between the senior party Walker’s patent No. Des. 96,149, dated July 2, 1935, issued upon an application filed April 10, 1935, and an application filed October 12, 1935, by the junior party A. W. Altorfer.
The essential elements of the involved design rest in the cabinet which incloses the ironing machinery being in…
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