Legal Opinion
In re Abele
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided August 5, 1982No. Appeal No. 81-618PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals (board) affirming the rejection of claims 5-7 and 33^471 in their application serial No. 850,892, filed November 15, 1977, for “Tomographic Scanner.” The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 1012 as being drawn to nonstatutory subject matter. We affirm the rejection of claims 5 and 7 and reverse with respect to all remaining claims on appeal.
The Invention
Appellants’ invention is in the field of image processing particularly as applied to computerized axial tomography or CAT scans. Specifically,…
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