Field v. Stow

HATFIELD, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal in an interference proceeding from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the examiner of interferences awarding priority of invention to appellee.

The counts in issue were taken from appellant’s patent No. 1,649,396, issued November 15, 1927. They read:

“2. In a self-clearing end dump mine ear, wheel axles, a longitudinally extending wood flooring comprising the lowermost longitudinally extending horizontal member of the ear, supporting sills for said flooring, and self-clearing housing over…