Legal Opinion
In Re: Distefano
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 17, 2015No. 2015-1453PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Chief Judge.
Mr. Thomas L. DiStefano, III, appeals the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“Board”) rejection of claims 24 through 26 of U.S. Patent Application No. 10/868,312 (’312 Application). The Board issued a Decision on Remand on July 16, 2014, and then issued a Second Decision on Request for Rehearing on December 3, 2014. 1 The Board’s decision affirmed the rejection of claims 24 through 26 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 for anticipation based upon U.S. Patent No. 6,026,433 (“D’Arlach”). In so doing, the Board determined that one of the limitations of…
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