Legal Opinion
In Re Hans Oetiker
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 13, 1992No. 91-1026PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Hans Oetiker appeals the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, holding unpatentable claims 1-14 and 16-21, all of the claims in patent application No. 06/942,694.1 Oetiker appeals on procedural and substantive grounds.
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PROCEDURE
Background
All of the claims were finally rejected for obviousness in terms of 35 U.S.C. § 103. The Board, upholding the rejection, stated that “the examiner has ... established a prima facie case of obviousness ... which is unrebutted by any objective evidence of…
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