Legal Opinion
In Re Watson
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided December 1, 1930No. Patent Appeal 2574PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAHAM, Presiding Judge.
The appellant filed his application for a patent, serial No. 651,416, on July 13, 1923, claiming to have invented new and useful improvements in the art of igniting confined bodies of inflammable gases. Three claims are involved, numbered 1, 2, and 3; claims 1 and 2 being in the form of process claims, and claim 3 being an apparatus claim. These claims are as follows:
“1. The herein described method of igniting a confined body of inflammable gas, which consists in firing a segregated and relatively small mass of the gas, causing the flaming particles of such ignited gas…
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