Legal Opinion

Application of Swentzel (Carborundum Co., Assignee)

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided September 15, 1954No. Patent Appeal 6024Published

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of tl*e Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the action of the Primary Examiner in finally rejecting claims 7, 8 and 24-39 of appellants’ application, Serial No. 11,354, for a patent on “Silicon Nitride Articles of Manufacture and Method of Making.” Claims 7, 8, 24-29 and 38 are article claims and claims 30-37 and 39 are method claims. No claim has been allowed.

Claim. 33 has been rejected as drawn to a non-elected species of the alleged invention. Appellants have not challenged that rejection, therefore, that claim…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In re FinkCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1932
  2. In re JonesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1947
  3. In re KirwanCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1948
  4. In re JonesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1941

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