Sperry v. Payne

These are appeals from decisions of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming.those of the Examiner of Interferences awarding priority of invention of the subject matter of the counts in Appeals Nos. 4776 and 4777 to Payne, the senior party, and in Appeal No. 4778 to Teschner, the junior party.

All the appeals relate generally to the same subject matter. The attorneys for appellant and appellee in each case are the same and the appeals were argued together. For the reason that the interferences are so closely related they will be disposed of in a single opinion, but…