Legal Opinion

In Re Charles H. Kroekel and Frederick A. Pfaff

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided October 14, 1986No. Appeal 86-721PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARKEY, Chief Judge.

Kroekel and Pfaff (Kroekel) appeal from a decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (board), affirming the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 3-12, 14-22, 24-40, 42, and 43 in application Serial No. 770,085 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(g) and interference estoppel. 230 USPQ 191 (1985). We affirm the rejection on the grounds of interference estoppel.

Background

On October 23, 1968, Kroekel filed an application, assigned to Rohm and Haas Company, entitled “Unsaturated Polymer Resin Molding Compositions”. One of our…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

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  2. Application of Klaus Heinz Risse, Ulrich Horlein and Wolfgang Wirth. Application of Ulrich Horlein, Wolfgang Wirth and Klaus Heinz RisseCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
  3. Leslie C. Case v. Cpc International, Inc., and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Co-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
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  5. In Re LongCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1936

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  4. Bailey v. Dart Container Corp. of Mich.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997
  5. Exxon Corporation (Now Known as Exxonmobil Corporation) and Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc. v. Phillips Petroleum Company, Defendant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001

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