Legal Opinion
In Re Paolo Longi
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 11, 1985No. Appeal 84-1561PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals (Board) affirming the examiner’s final rejection of appellants’ claims 17-34 in application Serial No. 543,520, (January 23, 1975) entitled “Polymerization Catalyst.” The Board’s affirmance was based upon a holding of obviousness-type double patenting over the claims of three commonly-owned applications, in view of four prior art patents to others. We affirm.
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BACKGROUND
A. The Application.
Appellants claim certain highly active catalysts used in the polymerization of ethylene. The…
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