Legal Opinion
In Re David C. Paulsen
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 3, 1994No. 94-1012PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
AST Research, Inc., (AST) 1 appeals from the July 23, 1993 decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences sustaining the final rejection upon reexamination of claims 1-4, 6, 9-12, and 18-34 of U.S. Patent 4,571,456. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The ’456 patent, entitled “Portable Computer,” was issued to David C. Paulsen et al., on February 18, 1986. The claims of the patent are directed to a portable computer contained within a compact metal case. 2 A salient feature of the claimed invention is its “clam shell”…
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