Legal Opinion
In re Fielder
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided January 18, 1973No. Patent Appeal No. 8788PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANE, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals sustaining the examiner’s rejection of the sole remaining claim in appellants’ application1 for “Tabulating Type Ballot Construction” as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We affirm.
The Subject Matter
Appellants claim a voting ballot of defined structure. The ballot is constructed to allow a voter to indicate his preference in an election by selectively puncturing perforated areas placed next to the names of the candidates or the answers to referendum questions.
The structure of the ballot is shown in Figure 1 as follows:
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2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Reeves Instrument Corporation and Dynamics Corporation of America v. Beckman Instruments, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- In Re Howard SernakerCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
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