Legal Opinion
Kawai v. Metlesics
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 21, 1973No. Patent Appeal Nos. 8774, 8838-8840PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMOND, Senior Judge.
These are four appeals from decisions of the Patent Office Board of Appeals and the Patent Office Board of Interferences. The outcome in these appeals, three from the Board of Appeals and one from the Board of Interferences, will in each case be determined by the answer to a question of law common to all four. That question is whether an application for patent filed in a foreign country must contain a disclosure of an invention adequate to satisfy the requirements of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 if a later filed United States application claiming that invention…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brenner v. MansonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Application of David Neville Kirk and Vladimir PetrowCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
- Application of Hans Hilmer, Gerhard Korger, Rudi Weyer and Walter AumullerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1966
- Application of Klaus HafnerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1969
- Application of Frederick K. KirchnerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
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3Cited by33 opinions
- In re WertheimCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1976
- In Re Jacques Gosteli, Ivan Ernest and Robert B. WoodwardCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1989
- Gilbert P. Hyatt v. Gary W. BooneCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
- In Re Miguel F. Brana, Jose M.C. Berlanga, Marina M. Moset, Erich Schlick and Gerhard KeilhauerCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1995
- Rengo Co. Ltd. And Simon Container MacHinery Limited, in No. 80-2556 v. Molins MacHine Company, Inc., in No. 80-2557Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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