Legal Opinion
Application of Claus L. Sporck
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided May 4, 1962No. Patent Appeal 6709PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
This appeal is from a decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals which affirmed the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-5, inclusive, of appellant’s application serial No. 536,086 for a method of forming hollow, frusto-conical articles from flat metal stock. The claims were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious in view of the following references:
Kelley et al. 1,901,035 Mar. 14, 1933
Lindgren Re. 19,790 Dec. 17, 1935
British Patent 436,768 Oct. 17, 1935
Claim 1 is typical of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:
“1. The method of making a hollow generally…
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