Legal Opinion

In Re Thomas F. Deuel, Yue-Sheng Li, Ned R. Siegel and Peter G. Milner

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided March 28, 1995No. 94-1202PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Thomas F. Deuel, Yue-Sheng Li, Ned R. Siegel, and Peter G. Milner (collectively “Deuel”) appeal from the November 30, 1993 decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences affirming the examiner’s final rejection of claims 4-7 of application Serial No. 07/542,232, entitled “Heparin-Binding Growth Factor,” as unpatentable on the ground of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (1988). Ex parte Deuel, 33 USPQ2d 1445 (Bd.Pat.App.Int.1993). Because the Board erred in concluding that Deuel’s claims 5 and 7 directed to specific cDNA…

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