Legal Opinion
In Re Lucas S. Gordon and Karl M. Sutherland
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 10, 1984No. Appeal 83-1281; Serial 124312PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACK R. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Board of Appeals (“board”) affirming the examiner's rejection of appellants’ claims 1 1-3 and 5-7 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We reverse.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claim a “blood filter assembly” used during surgery and other medical procedures involving the handling of blood to remove clots, bone debris, tissue, or other foreign materials from blood before it is returned to a patient’s body. Unlike blood filter assemblies widely used in the prior art, the device of…
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