Legal Opinion
Mead v. McKirnan
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided October 26, 1978No. Appeal No. 78-542PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Interferences (board) making a pro forma award of “priority” of invention to the junior party McKirnan. We affirm.
Mead is involved on application serial No. 430,957, entitled “Child Resistant Overcap for Aerosol or Like Containers,” filed January 4, 1974, as a continuation of application serial No. 185,339, filed September 30, 1971,1 which was a continuation-in-part of application serial No. 81,228, filed October 16, 1970. Mead was accorded senior status on the basis of the September 30,…
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