Legal Opinion
In re Hughes
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 6, 1974No. Patent Appeal No. 9137PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals af*1217firming the rejection of claims 12 and 13 of appellant’s application serial No. 817,219, filed March 7, 1969, for reissue of patent No. 3,315,717, issued April 25, 1967, entitled “Semi-Split Shake.”1 The rejection was made by the board on a new ground, pursuant to Patent Office Rule 196(b). We reverse.
The Invention
The invention relates to the fabrication of shakes by first cutting blocks of cedar, for example, called shake bolts, to produce sawn shake tip portions and then splitting the shakes from the bolt…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Application of Lionel Alexander Bethune PilkingtonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1969
- Application of Hartmut Steppan, August Rebenstock and Wilhelm NeugebauerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
- Application of James R. JohnsonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1968
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