Legal Opinion
Arthur W. Schnick v. Lawrence E. Fenn
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 1, 1960No. Patent Appeal 6479PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Patent Interferences in Interference No. 87,714 awarding priority to the junior party Fenn.
The appellant, senior party Schnick, on September 16, 1952 filed application Serial No. 309,865 entitled “Electrical Heating Unit.” Schnick was an employee of Cuno Engineering Corporation (to be referred to hereinafter as Cuno), to which the application is assigned, and was engaged in cigar lighter development work in March 1952, the time at which he concededly conceived the invention embodied in the counts at bar.
The junior…
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