Legal Opinion
In re Altenpohl
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided August 15, 1974No. Patent Appeal No. 74-500PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
This appeal is from a decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, affirming the rejection of claims 1-20, all the claims in application serial No. 185,241, filed October 22, 1971, for reissue of patent No. 3,132,373, issued May 12,1964, for “Poultry Shackle for Overhead Conveyor and Carriage Assembly.” We reverse in part and affirm in part.
THE INVENTION
The invention comprises a poultry shackle for an overhead conveyor system for transporting poultry through a processing plant. It is capable of holding the poultry in a variety of positions during various processing steps…
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