Legal Opinion

Application of Hoyler

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided April 3, 1950No. Patent Appeals 5631PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Judge.

Thirteen claims in appellant’s patent application were rejected in the Patent Office by the Primary Examiner on a combination of references, the Board of Appeals affirming, and are now before us on appeal as provided under 35 U.S.C. § 59a, 35 U.S.C.A. § 59a, R.S. § 4911. One method claim was allowed in the Patent Office.

The invention relates to an improvement in the method of bonding electrically materials, at least one of which is thermoplastic. The specification describes the improvement as the application of heat to the materials to be bonded together through the use of a…

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