Legal Opinion
Application of Gerald McLaughlin
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 24, 1971No. Patent Appeal 8474PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Judge.
McLaughlin has appealed from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals sustaining the rejection of claims 13, 14 and 15 in his application 1 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of the prior art. One claim has been held allowable.
THE INVENTION
The subject matter of the claims on appeal may be characterized as an improved construction arrangement for railroad “boxcars” which are adapted for carrying “unitized” cargo. The latter term is defined by appellant as “cargo that is loaded upon a cargo-handling platform (such as a pallet or slip sheet) of a pre-selected…
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