Legal Opinion
In Re Vickers
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 6, 1944No. Patent Appeal 4836PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATFIELD, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting claims 4, 12, 20, 21, and 37 in appellants’ application for a patent for an alleged invention relating to new and useful improvements in oil well pumping apparatus.
Seventeen claims were allowed by the Primary Examiner.
Claim 4 is illustrative of the appealed claims. It reads:
“4. In combination, a cylinder for containing an operating liquid, a reciprocal member in said cylinder, means acting on said member for resisting…
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