Legal Opinion
In Re Francis S. Gurley
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 15, 1994No. 94-1025PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Francis S. Gurley appeals the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, 1 affirming the Examiner’s rejection of all of the claims of application Serial No. 07/524,373. The Board determined that these claims are unpatentable for obviousness in terms of 35 U.S.C. § 103, in view of Japanese Patent Specification No. 56-76591 (Yamaguchi) and the prior art set forth in Gurley’s specification.
We agree that the prior art constituted a prima facie case of obviousness, placing on Mr. Gurley the burden of coming forward with evidence and argument in…
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