Patent Appeal No. 8466. July 1, 1971. Arnold G. Gulko, Arlington, Va., attorney of record, for appellants. S. Wm. Cochran, Washington, D.C., for Commissioner of Patents, R.E. Martin, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Before RICH, ALMOND, BALDWIN and LANE, Judges, and RE, Judge, United States Customs Court, sitting by designation. RICH, Judge. This is a reissue case involving only questions of law as to compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 251. Patentability of the subject matter of the appealed claims, which
Patent Appeal No. 9136. November 1, 1973. Sheldon W. Rothstein, Brown Mikulka, Cambridge, Mass., attorneys of record, for appellant; Donald R. Dunner, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Ellsworth H. Mosher, Arlington, Va., for amicus curiae. Joseph F. Nakanura, Acting Sol., for the Commissioner of Patents. Appeal from the Board of Patent Appeals. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, RICH, BALDWIN and LANE, Judges, and ALMOND, Senior Judge. MARKEY, Chief Judge. This appeal is from the dismissal by the Board of
Patent Appeal No. 8211. March 5, 1970. Dos T. Hatfield, Washington, D.C., attorney of record, for appellant, Thomas W. Underhill, Boston, of counsel. Joseph Schimmel, Washington, D.C., for Commissioner of Patents, S. Wm. Cochran, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Before RICH, Acting Chief Judge, ALMOND, BALDWIN, LANE, Judges, and MATTHEWS, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation. BALDWIN, Judge. This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office
Patent Appeal No. 6719. July 25, 1962. J. Hart Evans, Louis C. Smith, Jr., New York City, and Paul A. Rose, Washington D.C., for appellants. Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D.C. (Joseph Schimmel, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for the Commissioner of Patents. Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, RICH, MARTIN, and SMITH, Judges, and Judge WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK. United States Senior District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, designated to participate in place of Judge O'CONNELL, pursuant to provisions
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