Legal Opinion
Kahl v. Scoville
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided October 18, 1979No. Appeal No. 79-553PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Board of Patent Interferences (“board”) which awarded priority of invention of the counts in issue to the senior party-patentee Scoville et al.1 (“appellees”) based on its holding that the junior party-applicant Kahl et al.2 (“appellants”) failed to overcome the effective filing date of the senior party’s patent with the showing required by 37 CFR 1.204(c).3 We reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
Invention
The invention in interference relates to an automatic door operator which uses the combination of a…
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