Legal Opinion
In re Thompson
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided December 23, 1976No. Patent Appeal No. 76-615PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
This appeal is from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals, affirming the rejection of claims 8-15 in application serial No. 229,350, filed February 25, 1972, for “Method of Extruding Thermoplastic Films and Articles Made Therefrom.” We affirm.
The Invention
Paperboard, coated with wax or polymeric resins such as polyethylene, is used as container material for liquid food products. A problem in the art has been leakage from the coated paperboard containers, particularly from the bottoms of such containers, caused by the formation of holes or cracks in…
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