Legal Opinion
In re Meng
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 7, 1974No. Patent Appeal No. 9169PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals, affirming the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1 to 9 of appellants’ application serial No. 81,687, filed October 19, 1970, for “Package with Staggered Product Slices and Process and Apparatus for Producing the Same.” We reverse.
The Invention
The invention relates to a package containing a stack of individual product slices formed of a flexible material, such as processed cheese, wherein the lateral edges of adjacent slices are offset relative to one another to provide “gripping portions having a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Application of McKennaCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1953
- Application of Claus L. SporckCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
- Malsbary Manufacturing Company v. Ald, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- In re HummerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1957
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- George M. Mooney v. Brunswick CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- In re AslanianCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1979
- In re OelrichCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1978
- LD Schreiber Cheese Co., Inc. v. Clearfield Cheese Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
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