Legal Opinion
In re Voss
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 23, 1977No. Patent Appeal No. 76-710PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Board of Appeals (“board”), adhered to on reconsideration, sustaining the examiner’s rejection of claims 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), in application serial No. 784,635, filed December 18,1968, for “Glass-Ceramic Article and Method.”1 We reverse.
The Invention
Glass-ceramic articles are produced through controlled heat treatment and crystallization of glass articles which contain nucleating agents. Appellant’s invention starts with such a glass-ceramic article, containing a beta-spodumene2 as…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- In re WertheimCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1976
- Application of Joseph D. FisherCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1970
- In re SmytheCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1973
- Corning Glass Works, in No. 15923 v. Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation, in No. 15924Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- In re SmithCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1973
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Callaway Golf Co. v. Acushnet Co.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2009
- In re KollerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1980
- Ralston Purina Co. v. Far-Mar-Co, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1984
- Rochester v. Royal Appliance Mfg. Co.District Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1983
- Callaway Golf Co. v. Acushnet Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 2007
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