Legal Opinion
In re Keller
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided February 12, 1981No. Appeal No. 80-573PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board) in reissue application serial No. 865,610, filed December 29, 1977,1 *415for “Digital Counter Driven Pacer.” Claims 1, 2, 6, 7, and 9-16 (all of the claims in the application) stand rejected on the ground of a defective reissue declaration, and claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 9-11, 13, and 14 are rejected on the ground of obviousness in view of the following references:
Inventor U.S. Patent No. Issue Date
Keller, Jr. (Keller) 3,253,596 May 31,1966
Berkovits 3,345,990 Oct. 10,1967
Walsh and Moore (Walsh),…
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