Legal Opinion

Application of Klaus Hafner

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided June 5, 1969No. Patent Appeal 8126PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 1, 3, and 4 of application serial No. 384,782, filed July 23, 1964, entitled “New Aldehydes of the Fulvene Series and New Processes of Preparing the Same.” No claim has been allowed.

This case comes to us with the following somewhat involved but important background. On August 17, 1959, appellant filed two German applications, one relating to certain fulvene derivatives and thei other to certain cyclopen-tadiene derivatives. By appellant’s admission, neither German application…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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  3. Application of John A. Nelson and Anthony C. ShabicaCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1960
  4. Application of Edward Burton LegriceCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
  5. Application of David Neville Kirk and Vladimir PetrowCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967

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  3. Application of Carl A. Lukach, Setha G. Olson and Harold M. SpurlinCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1971
  4. Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Bio-Technology General Corp.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2005
  5. Kawai v. MetlesicsCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1973

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