Legal Opinion
In Re Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 14, 1983No. Appeal 82-593PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals (“Board”) affirming the rejection of certain claims in an application for reissue of a patent. The Board affirmed the examiner’s rejection of the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 251 (1976), holding that the appellant had not intended to claim the subject matter of the claims in the original patent. The Board viewed such intent as required under section 251. We reverse.
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