Legal Opinion
In Re Bruce Charles Farrenkopf and Magdalena Usategui-Gomez, and Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 27, 1983No. Appeal 82-583PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACK R. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Board of Appeals (“board”) affirming the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1-15 in reissue application No. 003,978. We affirm. 1
BACKGROUND
Procedural Background
Appellants Farrenkopf and Usategui-Gomez were issued United States Patent No. 4,112,064 (the ’064 patent) 2 on September 5, 1978, for “Stabilized Angiotensin I Solutions.” Shortly after its issuance, the ’064 patent was added to a pending action which the ’064 patent assignee, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., had brought against…
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