Legal Opinion
In re Sarkar
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided December 7, 1978No. Appeal No. 78-554PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board), affirming the rejection, under 35 U.S.C. § 101, of claims 1-39, all of the claims in application serial No. 445,765, filed February 25, 1974, and entitled “Methods of Open Channel Analysis and Control.” We affirm.
The Invention
The subject matter of Sarkar’s invention is a technique for mathematically modeling an open channel, e. g., a natural stream or artificial waterway. Sarkar says his method of constructing a mathematical model is capable of accurately providing the flow *1331parameter…
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