APPLICATION OF NELSON

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Ponack, Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, Washington, D. C. (Harry Goldsmith of counsel), for appellant.

Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D. C. (Joseph Schimmel, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for the Commissioner of Patents.

American Patent Law Association, William H. Webb, Washington, D. C., John D. Upham, John H. Schneider, John R. Janes, John T. Kelton, New York City, Harvey W. Edelblute, Stamford, Conn., Leland L. Chapman, Cleveland, Ohio, The Connecticut Patent Law Association, James Edwin Archer, Robert Ames Norton, John E. Hanrahan, Stamford, Conn., amicus curiae.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, MARTIN, and SMITH, Judges, and Judge WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK. [Original argument before JOHNSON, Chief Judge, and O'CONNELL, WORLEY, RICH, and JACKSON (retired), Judges.]