Legal Opinion
In re Nylen
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 7, 2004No. 03-1571PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
Terrance Dale Nylen (“Nylen”) appeals the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“board”), which affirmed the final rejection of claims 1-12 of Nylen’s application, Ser. No. 09/392,552. In re Nylen, No.2002-1979 (May 22, 2003). We affirm.
We review the decision that Nylen’s device is obvious de novo, while we review the board’s underlying findings of fact for substantial evidence. See In re Bass, 314 F.3d 575, 576 (Fed.Cir.2002). Nylen’s ap*294plication claims a mode of applying herbicide to weeds. His device combines an applicator bottle, or roll-on applicator in the case of…
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