EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns an invention (stated in 23 counts) designed to speed up the operation of automatic elevators. It is undisputed that inventor Phillip C. Keiper, who assigned his patents to appellant Westinghouse, first conceived of this invention. It is also undisputed that Westinghouse first applied for patents thereon.
Shortly after Keiper conceived of the particular invention involved here, Walter A. Nikazy, an engineer employed...
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