Legal Opinion
Application of William Boon
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided May 20, 1971No. Patent Appeal 8398PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Judge.
Boon appeals from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals which affirmed the rejection of claims 1-16 in his application 1 for an “Air Conveyor System.” No claim has been allowed.
THE INVENTION
The subject matter for which appellant seeks protection may best be understood by reading claim 1 (which is representa tive of one group of claims rejected on a particular ground) with reference to the following illustration from the disclosure:
Claim 1 reads as follows [parenthetic material corresponds to the illustration shown above — paragraphing ours]:
1. Improved pneumatic…
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