Legal Opinion

In Re Max A. Gulack

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided March 30, 1983No. Appeal 82-580PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals sustaining the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1-4 and 6 of application serial No. 935,183, filed August 18, 1978, entitled “Educational and Recreational Mathematical Device in the Form of a Band, Ring or Concentric Rings.” We reverse.

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The stated object of the disclosed invention is to exploit certain arithmetic properties of all prime numbers larger than 5, P,1 to create the semblance of magic or to educate with respect to intriguing aspects of number theory.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Diamond v. DiehrSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. South Corporation and Seal Fleet, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1982
  4. Parker v. FlookSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Application of Paul J. MillerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1969

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