Legal Opinion
In re Freeman
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 30, 1978No. Appeal No. 75-531PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board), affirming the rejection of claims 1-10, all of the claims in application serial No. 32,025, filed May 6, 1970, and entitled “Computer Typesetting.” We reverse.
The Invention
The subject matter of Freeman’s invention is a system for typesetting alphanumeric information, using a computer-based control system in conjunction with a phototypesetter of conventional design. Freeman’s overall scheme is represented by Figure 1 of his application.
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