Legal Opinion
Application of Luke Thorington, Gerald Schiazzano and Joel Shurgan
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided November 26, 1969No. Patent Appeal 8188PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMOND, Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, adhered to on reconsideration, affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 6, 7, 9, 15, 24, 26, 27 and 28 1 in appellants’ application2 on the ground of double patenting. One claim has been indicated to be allowable.
The invention relates to a noncircular cross-section fluorescent lamp tube and resides particularly in providing the usual generally cylindrical envelope of a fluorescent lamp with one or more grooves or deformations which are rotated around and along the envelope’s longitudinal axis in a…
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- In re DuboisCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1958
- In Re BarberCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1936
- Application of Paul H. AldrichCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1968
- Application of PhelanCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1953
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