MONACO v. HOFFMAN

Civil Action No. 2026-58.

189 F.Supp. 474 (1960)

Ugo MONACO and Montecatini Societa Generale Per I'Industria Mineraria E Chimica Anonima, Plaintiffs, v. Paul H. HOFFMAN, The Spun Lite Corporation, Waterbury Companies, Inc., and Hoffman Products, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Toulmin, Jr., Dayton, Ohio, for plaintiffs.

E. Seward Stevens, Litchfield, Conn., and Robert I. Dennison, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The question presented in this case is one of patent law, namely, whether in an interference proceeding, an applicant for a patent who made his invention in a foreign country, is entitled to prove and rely on a date of invention prior to the filing date of his first application.

This is an action under 35 U.S.C. § 146, to review a decision of the Board of Patent Interferences of the Patent Office, on the question of priority...

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