Legal Opinion
In Re the Dow Chemical Co
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 25, 1988No. 87-1406PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Dow Chemical Company appeals the decisions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, No. 86-3426 (Feb. 25, 1987) and No. 662-81 (Mar. 25, 1986), together rejecting all the claims on reexamination of United States Patent No. 3,919,-354 entitled “Impact Resistant Polymers of a Resinous Copolymer of an Alkenyl Aromatic Monomer and an Unsaturated Dicar-boxylic Anhydride.”. We reverse.
The Rejection
The invention is an impact resistant rubber-based resin having improved resistance to heat distortion. Claim 28, the…
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