Legal Opinion
In Re Skvorecz
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 3, 2009No. 2008-1221PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Robert J. Skvorecz appeals the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board), rejecting claims 1-5 and 7 in his application to reissue United States Patent No. 5,996,948 (the '948 patent). 1 We reverse the rejection and remand for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
The Skvorecz invention is a wire chafing stand, such as is used for supporting a chafer (a device for maintaining hot food outside the kitchen). The specification explains that wire chafing stands are transported and stored nested together in…
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