Legal Opinion
In re Theis
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided December 6, 1979No. Appeal No. 79-574PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board) affirming the rejection of claims 11—23, all claims in application serial No. 604,930, filed August 15, 1975, entitled “Programmed Conversation Recording System.” 1 The claims were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as drawn to subject matter which had been on sale for more than one year prior to the filing date of the parent application. We affirm.
The Invention
Appellant’s invention is a system capable of simulating a conversation with a respondent. The system is programmed with a…
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