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In re Noll

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided November 18, 1976No. Patent Appeal No. 74-541PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BALDWIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board) sustaining the rejection of claims 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of appellant’s application for “Raster Scan Computer Graphics System.”1 Claims 1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, and 13 stand allowed. We reverse.

The Invention

The invention relates to a system and apparatus for the display of text or other graphical information on a device such as a cathode ray tube. The data to be displayed are supplied by a computer or similar source in “point-plotting” format in which each element (point, line,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Gottschalk v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Dann v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. In re ChatfieldCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1976
  5. Application of Walter D. Bernhart and William A. FetterCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1969

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. In Re Kuriappan P. Alappat, Edward E. Averill and James G. LarsenCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
  2. In re FreemanCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1978
  3. In re ChatfieldCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1976
  4. In re MaucorpsCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1979
  5. In re BradleyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1979

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