Legal Opinion
Application of William O. Wesseler
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided October 20, 1966No. Patent Appeal 7614PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
This appeal presents two issues: first, whether appellant-patentee, in claiming less than he had a right to claim in his patent, 1 is entitled under 35 U.S.C. § 251 to a reissue of that patent containing appealed claims 6, 7, 13, 14 and 15 which are asserted to be properly commensurate with the scope of his invention ; second, whether he has inserted new matter in appealed claims 4 and 5 in his application for reissue 2 contrary to section 251.
Claims 6, 7, 13, 14 and 15 stand rejected on the ground that they are improperly presented in a reissue application in that appellant did…
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