Legal Opinion
In re Rasmussen
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 4, 1981No. Appeal No. 81-516PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
The decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals (board) affirming the rejection of claim 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 132 is reversed.
Background
Appealed claim 6 is contained in reissue application S.N. 884,775, filed March 8, 1978.1 Original claim 6 in the reissue application was directed to a method of manufacturing a thermal insulating member.2 Rasmussen described in his specification the steps of applying adhesive to one side of a tubular plastic film, winding the film around two spaced drums, and, when the desired number of layers have been wound, cutting the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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