Legal Opinion
In Re Jeffrey B. Gorman and Marilyn Katz
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 13, 1991No. 90-1362PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Jeffrey B. Gorman and Marilyn Katz (hereinafter “Gorman”) appeal the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (the “Board”) denying patentability to all the claims of Gorman’s patent application Serial No. 06/882,480, entitled “Composite Food Product.” We affirm.
The Invention
The claimed invention is a composite candy sucker on a stick, molded in an elastomeric mold in the shape of a human thumb. During the manufacturing process liquid candy is poured into the mold, and an edible plug of bubble or chewing…
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