Legal Opinion

Application of Ralph G. H. Siu

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided May 25, 1955No. Patent Appeal 6097PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’CONNELL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of appellant’s application, for a patent on “Curled Glass Filaments and Methods of Making the Same.” Claim 5 was allowed. Only method claims are here on appeal.

Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter defined by the rejected claims and reads as follows:

“1. A method of preparing filaments of glass characterized by causing molten glass to flow in a liquid stream to the vertex of a substantially cone-shaped, heated,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Underwood v. GerberSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Plax Corp. v. Elmer E. Mills Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
  3. Plax Corp. v. Elmer E. Mills Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1952

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gemveto Jewelry Co., Inc. v. Jeff Cooper Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1983
  2. Edwid E. Hays and Wallace & Tiernan, Inc. v. Edward J. Brenner, Commissioner of PatentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
  3. C-Thru Products, Inc. v. Uniflex, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1966
  4. EJ Brooks Co. v. Stoffel Seals CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
  5. Sterling Varnish Company v. Louis Allis CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1957

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