Legal Opinion
In re Nuijten
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 20, 2007No. 2006-1371; Serial No. 09/211,928PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge GAJARSA. Opinion concurring-in-part and dissenting-in-part filed by Circuit Judge LINN.
GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.
The issue before the court is whether or not a signal is patentable subject matter. Petrus A.C.M. Nuijten appeals the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“Board”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”), which rejected claims 14, 22, 23, and 24 in his patent application Serial No. 09/211,928 as unpatentable subject matter outside the scope of 35 U.S.C. § 101. The claims seek to patent any “signal”…
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