Legal Opinion

Application of John R. Stemniski

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided October 7, 1971No. Patent Appeal 8434PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BALDWIN, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 10-12 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious in view of certain prior art. We reverse.

The Invention

The invention relates to monomeric divalent, or polymeric disubstituted, ór-gano tin compounds of the formula appearing and defined in representative claim 10:

10. A disubstituted tin compound of the formula [Ri-Sn-R2]a wherein each of Ri and R2 is a substituent selected from the class consisting of aryl-oxyaryl radicals containing from 2 to 3 benzene rings, wherein each…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  4. Application of Franz Bergel and John Albert StockCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1961
  5. Commissioner of Patents v. Deutsche Gold-Und-Silber-Scheideanstalt Vormals RoesslerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  4. Local Division 519, Amalgamated Transit Union, Afl-Cio v. Lacrosse Municipal Transit Utility and City of Lacrosse, WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
  5. Eli Lilly & Co. v. Premo Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980

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