Legal Opinion
Nitz v. Ehrenreich
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided July 15, 1976No. Patent Appeal No. 76-506PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
This appeal is by Nitz and Graham (Nitz) from the decision of the Board of Patent Interferences awarding priority of invention to Ehrenreich. The interference was provoked when senior party Ehrenreich copied, in modified form,1 claims 3 and 13 of Nitz’s Patent No. 3,552,533.2 The Commissioner disapproved a board recommendation of no interference in fact on count 1, after which the board awarded priority of invention of counts 1 and 2 to Ehrenreich on the basis of his earlier filing date. We vacate on count 1 and affirm on count 2.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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