Devine v. Pfau

Full title: Daniel DEVINE, Appellant, v. Arnold PFAU, Appellee

Court: Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia

Date published: Mar 7, 1927

17 F.2d 1008 (D.C. Cir. 1927)

Opinion

No. 1925.

Submitted January 17, 1927.

Decided March 7, 1927.

J.L. Norris and C.A. Bateman, both of Washington, D.C., and Wm. Abbe, of New York City, for appellant.

G.F. De Wein, of Milwaukee, Wis., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, ROBB, Associate Justice, and GRAHAM, Presiding Judge U.S. Court of Customs Appeals.

ROBB, J.

Appeal from concurrent decisions of the tribunals of the Patent Office in an interference proceeding, in which priority was awarded Pfau, who was first to conceive and first to reduce to practice. For the reasons fully stated by the Patent Office, we affirm the decision.

Affirmed.