Legal Opinion
In re Knowlton
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided July 26, 1973No. Patent Appeal No. 8896PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-22, all the claims in appellant’s application.1
The Invention
Appellant’s invention relates to a system for computer processing of list information, i. e., items of information which are related or have characteristics in common, such as business inventories, personnel files, business accounts, etc. The application states:
For many applications, data items can be easily linked by their mere contiguity, such as a list on a single sheet of paper. In other cases,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Application of Walter D. Bernhart and William A. FetterCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1969
- Application of Oliver Kenneth KelleyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
- Samuel L. Palmer and Standard Parts & Equipment Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
- Techler v. NorstrubCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1973
3Cited by12 opinions
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- In Re Kuriappan P. Alappat, Edward E. Averill and James G. LarsenCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
- Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., Guidant Sales Corporation, and Eli Lilly and Company v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., Pacesetter, Inc., and Ventritex, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2002
- In re JohnstonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1974
- Ancora Technologies, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2014
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