Legal Opinion
In Re Elmar W. Weiler and Richard L. Mansell
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 8, 1986No. Appeal 85-2085PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Weiler and Mansell (Weiler) appeal from a decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals (board), App. No. 600-54 (Dec. 31, 1984), affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 13 and 19 in a reissue application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 251 (1982). We affirm.
Background
Weiler filed an application on May 8, 1980, containing 11 claims. During prosecution, the examiner held that the application contained “three independent and distinct inventions” and required restriction between Claims 1-7 (assay method), Claims 8 and 11 (an “organic compound” in…
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