Court of Customs and Patent Appeals April 14, 1941, No. 4408 (Van Cleef v. Tierney)

GaRRett, Presiding Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming that of the Examiner of Interferences awarding priority to the party Tierney in an interference proceeding instituted between a patent to Van Cleef and an application ■of Tierney, the subject matter being broadly described as