Legal Opinion
Borror v. Herz
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided December 10, 1981No. Appeal Nos. 81-532, 81-533PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Judge.
These appeals are from the decisions of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Interferences (board) awarding priority of invention in both interferences to *571Herz et al. (Herz), the senior party.1 The board held that where no justification was given for the absence of the inventor’s testimony, the party’s case for priority, based on actual reduction to practice, could not be established. We reverse.
Background
The counts in both interferences are directed to the use of novel silver halide complexing agents or solvents in photographic processing compositions or processes. The…
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