Legal Opinion

In re Bode

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided February 24, 1977No. Patent Appeal No. 76-644PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals (board) affirming the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102 of claims 1-8,1 all of the claims in application serial No. 314,655, filed December 13, 1972, for “Gaseous Display /Memory Device.”2 We affirm.

The Invention

The invention relates to gaseous discharge display devices having an electrical memory and the capability of producing a visual display, as shown by appellants’ drawings below:3

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As illustrated, the device comprises a continuous uniform layer of ionizable gas (12)…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Application of Rudolf WiechertCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
  2. Application of Edward Burton LegriceCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
  3. Application of Frantz Lund and Wagn Ole GodtfredsenCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
  4. In re WigginsCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1973
  5. Application of Arthur v. HughesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1965

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Rengo Co. Ltd. And Simon Container MacHinery Limited, in No. 80-2556 v. Molins MacHine Company, Inc., in No. 80-2557Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
  2. In re deC. KratzCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1979
  3. In re NolanCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1977
  4. Rengo Co. Ltd. And Simon Container MacHinery Limited, in No. 80-2556 v. Molins MacHine Company, Inc., in No. 80-2557Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981

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