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In Re Patton

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided April 27, 1942No. Patent Appeal 4637PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HATFIELD, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting all of the claims, Nos. 1, 7, 8, 10, and 12, in appellant’s application for a patent for an alleged invention relating to improvements in fire-fighting apparatus for use especially as mobile fleets of self-propelled and trailer fire-fighting units in “intracity, intrastate, interstate and national, fire protective system against aircraft attack.”

Division was required between • claim 10 and the other appealed claims. Appellant…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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  5. In Re DixonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1930

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