Brydle v. Honigbaum

The appellant, Fenton R. Brydle, filed an application for a patent upon improvements in shingles in the United States Patent Office on October 21, 1924. The appellee, Harry H. Honigbaum, filed a similar application on April 27, 1923. An interference was declared by the Patent Office between these applications, the counts of the interference being three. Counts 1 and 2 are illustrative, and are ■ as follows:

Count 1. A flexible shingle of composition roofing material comprising a substantially rectangular body, flat throughout its entire extent and adapted to be laid with one corner to the…