Peterson v. Schatzel

This is an appeal in an interference proceeding from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office reversing the decision of the Examiner of Interferences awarding priority of the invention defined in the single count in issue to appellant Thomas F. Peterson.

The invention relates to insulated electric conductors, and is sufficiently described in the count in issue which reads:

An article of manufacture comprising, in combination, an electric conductor, an insulating wall enclosing the conductor, a surrounding conducting layer comprising 'a thin layer of non-metallie…