Ireland v. Smith

LENROOT, Associate Judge.

This is an interference proceeding, wherein the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirmed a decision of the Examiner of Interferences awarding to appellee priority of invention with respect to all the counts, numbered 1 to 13, inclusive.

Count 13 is illustrative and reads as follows: “13. The combination with a timing mechanism comprising a spring-actuated shaft having an eccentric oper-atively connected therewith, and also having a member adap'ted to be actuated by rotation of said shaft to cause it to engage a mechanism to be controlled, of an…