Legal Opinion
In Re Alberto Lee Bigio
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 24, 2004No. 03-1358PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RADER. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.
RADER, Circuit Judge.
During prosecution of Alberto Lee Bigio’s (Bigio’s) patent application Serial No. 09/451,747 (the '747 application), the patent examiner rejected claims 1, 2, and 4-7 as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). The United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board) affirmed the examiner’s rejections. In re Bigio, No.2002-0967 (Bd. Pat.App. & Interf. Jan. 24, 2003). Because the Board reasonably construed the disputed claim term, this court…
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