Legal Opinion
Carlson v. Nagata
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided July 12, 1973No. Patent Appeal No. 8955PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Interferences, adhered to on reconsideration, awarding the junior party, Nagata and Ono1 (hereinafter “Nagata”), priority of invention as to count 4 relating to an electronic amplifier circuit employing an insulated gate field-effect transistor, on the ground that the application of the senior party Carlson,2 lacks support for the count. We reverse.
The Contested Subject Matter
The invention relates to an electronic amplifier circuit employing an insulated gate field-effect transistor (IGFET). Priority as to independent…
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- Padgett v. WarnerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1939
- Weiss v. RoschkeCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1970
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