Legal Opinion
In Re Diane M. Dillon
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 9, 1990No. 88-1245PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Diane M. Dillon, assignor to Union Oil Company of California, appeals the November 25, 1987, decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Appeal No. 87-0944, rejecting claims 2-14, 16-22, and 24-37, all the remaining claims of patent application Serial No. 671,570 entitled “Hydrocarbon Fuel Composition.” We affirm the rejection of all of the claims.1
The Invention
Dillon’s patent application describes and claims her discovery that the inclusion of certain tetra-orthoester compounds in hydrocarbon…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Application of Heinrich Ruschig, Walter Aumüller, Gerhard Korger, Hans Wagner, Josef Scholz and Alfred BänderCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1965
- In Re Richard M. DeminskiCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1986
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