Legal Opinion

In re Comstock

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided August 2, 1973No. Patent Appeal No. 8922PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LANE, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals sustaining the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-21 of appellants’ application Serial No. 595,694 filed November 21, 1966, entitled “Electronic Calculator” as based upon a specification which fails to comply with the requirements to 35 USC 112. We reverse.

The Disclosure of the Invention

Briefly stated, the invention is an electronic calculator which has as its principal feature means for retrieving numerical data placed into storage on a first-in, first-out (hereafter FIFO) basis. The specification…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Application of Walter D. Bernhart and William A. FetterCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1969
  2. Application of Alexander D. Argoudelis, Clarence De Boer, Thomas E. Eble and Ross R. HerrCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1970
  3. In re KnowltonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1973
  4. In re ColemanCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1973

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re JohnstonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1974
  2. In re NollCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1976

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