Legal Opinion
Cryns v. Musher
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 25, 1947No. Patent Appeal 5285PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATFIELD, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal in an interference proceeding from the decision of the Board of Interference Examiners of the United States Patent Office awarding priority of invention of the subject matter defined by the single count in issue to appellee Sidney Musher.
The interference is between appellee’s patent No. 2,198,218 issued April 23, 1940, on an application filed February 3, 1940, and appellant’s application No. 268,-730, filed April 19, 1939. Appellee is the junior party and the burden was upon him, therefore, to establish priority of the invention by a preponderance…
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