Legal Opinion
Application of Lyle B. Borst
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided July 1, 1965No. Patent Appeal 7316PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
The invention for which appellant seeks a patent comprises means for safely and effectively controlling a relatively large neutron output by varying a small and easily controlled neutron input source. The application, serial No. 654,-837, filed April 24, 1957, is aptly titled “Neutron Amplifier.” Claim 27 is illustrative of appealed claims 27-33 and reads:
“27. A subcritical neutron amplifier having a controllable neutron source and, associated with said source in cascade, an input region of neutron moderator material in which neutrons of epithermal energy from the source are…
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