Legal Opinion
In Re Chester W. Newell
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 12, 1989No. 89-1332PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board) dated September 28, 1988, affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 16-41, all of the claims of patent application Serial No. 754,673 of Chester W. Newell, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, is reversed.
The Invention
The invention is a tape drive system for an American National Standard Institute (ANSI) compatible data cartridge or cassette. Claim 16 is representative:
16. For tape data cartridges of the type having a pair of tape rolls mounted in reversible tape…
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