Shields v. Lees’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““Appellant is the junior applicant. The burden rests upon him to remove the presumption of prior invention that always attaches to the senior applicant. This presumption cannot be overcome by the uncorroborated evidence of the junior applicant alone. He must be corroborated directly on all points necessary to establish priority. * * * ” (Italics supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 167 F. Supp. 37 - Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. General Electric Co.