Legal Opinion
In Re Construction Equipment Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 8, 2011No. 2010-1507; Reexamination 90/008,447PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge PROST. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.
PROST, Circuit Judge.
Construction Equipment Company (“CEC”) appeals from reexamination proceedings in which the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) rejected numerous claims sought by CEC. Ex parte Constr. Equip. Co., No. 2009-5265, 2009 WL 2807871 (B.P.A.I.2009) (“BPAI Op.”), reh’g denied, 2010 WL 2157846 (B.P.A.I. May 28, 2010) {“Reh’g Denial ”). Because we agree with the PTO’s conclusion that the claims at issue were obvious over the prior art, we affirm.
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