Legal Opinion

In re Reuter

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided June 18, 1981No. Appeal No. 80-604PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Judge.

This appeal is from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Board of Appeals (“board”) which affirmed the examiner’s rejections of claims 1 and 3-11 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Everett1 in view of Berckmuller2 and claims 2 and 12 over Everett in view of Berckmuller and Barish 3 in reissue application serial No. 887,103, filed March 16, 1978, for “Flexible Gliding Wing.” The board stated that its decision was reinforced by an affidavit of Poynter and a deposition of Vickery. We affirm.

Procedural History

Appellants’ assignee, Pioneer Parachute Company,…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. The Barbed Wire PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Eibel Process Co. v. Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
  4. Coffin v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  5. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company v. Berkley and Company, Inc., E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company v. Berkley and Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by24 opinions

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