Legal Opinion
In Re Ralph R. Grams and Dennis C. Lezotte
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 3, 1989No. 89-1321PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHER, Circuit Judge.
Applicants Ralph A. Grams and Dennis C. Lezotte (Grams) appeal from the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board), United States Patent and Trademark Office, Appeal No. 88-1391 (December 28, 1988), affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 and 3-16, which constitute all the claims remaining in Application S.N. 625,247, filed June 27, 1984. The claims were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as being directed to nonstatutory subject matter because they in essence claim either a mathematical algorithm or a method of doing business. We affirm.
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