Legal Opinion
In Re Baker Hughes Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 14, 2000No. 99-1463PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Baker Hughes Inc. appeals from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences holding, in a merged reexamination proceeding involving U.S. Patent 5,074,991, that claims 1-9, 17-25, 35, and 42-45 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (1994). See Ex parte Petrolite Corp., Paper Nos. 31 and 41 (BPAI Aug. 5,1997). Because the Board erred in concluding that the appealed claims would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, we reverse.
BACKGROUND
The patent at issue in this appeal was initially assigned to…
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