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Application of Fred P. WINSLOW

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided November 10, 1966No. 1017PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the unanimous decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals,1 adhered to upon reconsideration, affirming the examiner’s rejection of apparatus claims 1, 3, and 11-18 and article claim 9, all remaining claims in application serial No. 48,668, filed August 10, 1960, for “Apparatus for and Method of Opening, Filling and Closing Thermoplastic Bags.” The appeal has been withdrawn as to claim 9.

The invention is an apparatus for packaging articles within flexible plastic bags by supplying a jet of air to the uppermost bag of a stack of bags to open it to permit the…

2Cited by46 opinions

  1. The Standard Oil Company, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. American Cyanamid Company, Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
  2. Union Carbide Corporation v. American Can CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
  3. Kimberly-Clark Corporation v. Johnson & Johnson and Personal Products CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
  4. In re KellerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1981
  5. Duplan Corp. v. Deering Milliken, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1977

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