BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. v. FOSTER WHEELER CORP.

No. 19087.

432 F.2d 385 (1970)

The BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY, Assignee of the Interference Parties Dungey and Frendberg v. FOSTER WHEELER CORPORATION, Assignee of the Interference Parties Gorzegno, Weber & Pai, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1970.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Austin, Pendleton, Neuman, Williams & Anderson, Chicago, Ill. (Sidney Neuman, James T. Williams, Chicago, Ill., John Maier, III, Livingston, N. J., Riker, Danzig, Scherer & Brown, Newark, N. J., on the brief), for appellant.

Roland T. Bryan, Bryan, Parmelee, Johnson & Bollinger, Stamford, Conn.; and Toner, Vanderbilt & Toner, Livingston, N. J. (Haynes N. Johnson, Harold E. Drumm, Stamford, Connecticut, Joseph M. Maguire, New York City, on brief), for appellee.

Before KALODNER, GANEY and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Foster Wheeler Corporation ("FW"), here challenges a decision of Judge Reynier J. Wortendyke, Jr. to grant appellee, Babcock & Wilcox Company ("BW"), discovery under 35 U.S.C. § 24, ancillary to an interference proceeding in the Patent Office. Two questions are raised by the appeal: (1) what forum determines questions regarding discovery ancillary to a Patent Office interference proceeding; and...

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