Ronay v. Hediger

O’CONNELL, Judge.

The junior party, Ronay, appeals here from the decision of the Board of Interference Examiners of- the United States Patent Office, awarding priority to the senior party, Hediger, on the issue of originality, with respect to an invention which relates to a hollow, spray-coated, ceramic electrode for use with arc heating apparatus, especially an electric arc torch designed for underwater cutting on the hull of a ship.

The device, which is not complex, has been sufficiently defined by the counts in issue, 1-9, of which count 6 is illustrative: “6. An electrode for electrical arc…