Downs v. Andrews

SMITH, Acting Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, awarding in an interference proceeding priority of invention to the junior party, Chester E. Andrews, thereby, affirming the decision of the Examiners in Chief, affirming the decision of the Examiner of Interferences.

The subject-matter of the interference is defined in four counts which are as follows:(1) “A catalytic body comprising a base of aluminum and a metal oxide catalyst on said aluminum and. in direct contact therewith.” '(2) “In a converter the combination with a catalyst, comprising…