HEARD v. BURTON

Patent Appeal No. 7212.

333 F.2d 239 (1964)

Llewellyn HEARD (Deceased), Standard Oil Company, a Corporation of Indiana, Assignee, Substituted, Appellant, v. William P. BURTON, Herman S. Kaufman, Philip A. Lefrancois and Earl W. Riblett, Appellees.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

June 25, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Beale, Washington, D. C. (Arthur G. Gilkes, Douglas G. Brace, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellant.

John C. Quinlan, New York City (Marylin Klosty, New York City, James W. Clement, Ernest Cheslow, Max Dressler, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellees.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, MARTIN, SMITH, and ALMOND, Judges.


RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Interference awarding priority of invention to Burton et al., the senior party. The junior party, Standard Oil Company (Indiana) substituted as assignee for Llewellyn Heard, deceased, appeals. The junior party will be called "Standard."

Burton et al. are involved in this interference on application serial No. 283,997, filed April 23, 1952. Standard is involved on application serial...

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