Legal Opinion · Dissent

Ewald A. Kamp v. John J. Houghtaling

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided May 11, 1967No. Patent Appeal 7752Published

1DissentKirkpatrick, Judge

In Guyer v. Cramer, 318 F.2d 757, 50 CCPA 1386, this court stated, with respect to the question of support for interference counts, that “the minimum legal requirement is that support for count limitations be clear.” I think it far from clear that the Kamp reissue application supports the three limitations emphasized in the count as reproduced in the majority opinion.

The application does not disclose that the nut and bolt assemblies of the attaching means are tightened to provide fixed spaces between the washers before the wires of the coil spring construction are brought into their final…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McKee v. NoonanCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1936
  2. August Guyer, Pascal Matile, Ernst Peterhans and Werner Zollinger v. Charles Robert Cramer, Hans-Peter Meyer and Walter FeistCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1963

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