Legal Opinion
In re Wright
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 31, 1977No. Patent Appeal No. 76-677PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Ap*1125peals (“board”), adhered to on reconsideration, affirming the rejection of claims 1-3 under 35 U.S.C. 103, in application serial No. 256,841, filed May 25, 1972, for ‘.‘Improved Croze for Whiskey Barrels.” We affirm.
The Invention
Whiskey barrels are sealed by forcing each barrelhead into its respective croze (the groove near each end of the barrel staves) and securing the staves with hoops. Appellant’s claimed barrel has a croze with a square-cut profile. In Fig. 3 below, beveled barrelhead component…
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