Deutsch v. Ball

This is an interference proceeding in which appellants have appealed from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office wherein said board reversed a decision of the Examiner of Interferences and awarded priority of the invention to the appel-lee. The interference arises between an application of appellants filed March 14, 1932, and an application of appellee filed July 39, 1932. Appellee, being the last to file, is the junior party.

The single count of the interference is claim 9 of appellee’s application and was suggested to appellants by the examiner for the purpose…