Legal Opinion

In re Ornum

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided August 5, 1982No. Appeal No. 82-505PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board) sustaining the rejection of claims 1-3, 6, and 7 of application serial No. 821,360, filed August 3, 1977, for “Elastomeric Sealant Composition,” on the ground of double patenting and also on a theory of abandonment by assignment, citing 35 U.S.C. § 102(c). We affirm the double patenting rejection and do not reach the abandonment issue.

Background

The appellant-inventors, Van Ornum and Stang, in addition to filing the application *938at bar, had already had issued to their…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  4. Pope Manufacturing Co. v. Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
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