Legal Opinion

Application of Paul J. Naquin, Jr

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided July 3, 1968No. Patent Appeal 7963PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from a decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals 1 affirming the final rejection of claims 1-3 of appellant’s application serial No. 237,-830, filed November 15, 1962, entitled “Analysis of Seismic Signals.” No claim has been allowed.

The invention is a method of underground surveying in which seismic waves, generated at various locations on the earth’s surface, travel into the earth and are reflected by subterranean formations back to the surface where they are detected and measured by appropriately placed geophones.

Analysis of the reflected waves permits a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Application of Sigurd I. LindellCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
  3. Application of Constantin ChilowskyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
  4. Application of Bernhard W. A. Weber and Hugh D. McLeeseCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1965
  5. International Standard Electric Corp. v. OomsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Raytheon Company, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Roper Corporation, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
  2. Enzo Biochem, Inc. v. Calgene, Inc., Defendant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999
  3. Application of Walter D. Bernhart and William A. FetterCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1969
  4. Dow Chemical Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1990
  5. In re DoyleCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1973

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