Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit April 8, 1987, Appeal 87-1042 (Owen W. Griffith v. Tsuneo Kanamaru, Susumu Shinagawa, and Mitsuko Asai)

NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Owen W. Griffith (Griffith) appeals the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (board) (Patent Interference No. 101,562) that Griffith failed to establish a

prima facie

case that he is entitled to an award of priority against the filing date of Tsuneo Kanamaru,

et al.

(Kanamaru) for a patent on aminocarnitine compounds. We affirm.