Legal Opinion
Application of Jones B. Edwards
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided January 13, 1961No. Patent Appeal 6583PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, Judge.
This is an appeal from the Board of Appeals of the Patent Office which affirmed the examiner’s rejection of claims 69, 70, 71 and 72 of the appellant’s application S.N. 380,922. Claim 68 which was also before the board has been abandoned.
The claims are for a method of lighting a cigarette by means of an electrically heated igniting element. Claim 69 is representative and is as follows:
“The herein described method of lighting a cigarette with an electrically heated igniting element, comprising holding the tip of the said cigarette in contact with the unenergized igniting…
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