Legal Opinion
In Re Derek Anthony Costello and Robert McClean
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 20, 1983No. Appeal 83-567PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the December 5, 1979, decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board) sustaining two rejections under section 103 of claims 1, 4-10, 12, 13, and 17-20 of application serial No. 488,900, filed July 22, 1974. The invention relates to "foam-skin” communication cable insulation. The principal reference relied on is Cereijo, U.S. patent No. 3,914,357, filed January 4, 1973. We affirm the rejections.
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On April 12, 1971, appellants filed application serial No. 132,968 for “Communication Cable Having Dual Insulated…
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