Geophysical Development Corp. v. Coe

The controversy here arises out of an interference proceeding in the Patent Office, instituted under the provisions of R.S. § 4904,1 to determine priority of invention between parties claiming substantially the same invention. Appellants applied for a patent on a device for measuring radio activity. An interference was declared with the then pending application of one Neufeld, to which was subsequently added the later application of one Howell. The Office sustained in part a motion to dissolve as to Howell. Before any further steps were taken one Bender filed an application for a reissue of a…