Legal Opinion
In re Locher
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 23, 1972No. 8638PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rioi-t, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 1-12 in appellant’s application serial No. 399,783, filed September 28,1964, for feedback quality control mechanisms and methods. We affirm.
The Subject Matter Claimed
The claimed invention regulates the operation of quality control equipment to produce a desired number of control actions per unit of time. The purpose of this regulation is to insure maximum utilization of available, on-line, quality-control equipment and operators. This purpose is accomplished by a feedback…
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