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In re Waldbaum

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided April 20, 1972No. 8619PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BaldwiN, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, affirming a rejection of claims 1-15 in appellant’s application.1 No claims have been allowed.

The Invention

The invention relates to a method of analyzing data words to determine the number of l’s they contain.2 The specification states that there are numerous needs for such analyses in computer-controlled systems, a traffic study on telephone lines being given as exemplary. Apparently methods of analyzing data words have been known, but appellant asserts that his method requires fewer operations and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Application of Charles D. Prater and James WeiCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1969
  2. Application of Albert W. MusgraveCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1970
  3. Application of Hugo Ghiron and Werner UlrichCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1971
  4. Application of Sune Bergstrom and Jan SjovallCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1970
  5. In re BensonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1971

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Typhoon Touch Technologies, Inc. v. Dell, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2011
  2. In re BergyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1979
  3. In re JohnstonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1974
  4. In re SarkarCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1978
  5. In re WaldbaumCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1977

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