Legal Opinion
Application of Ralph L. Young and Kingsley E. Humbert, Jr
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided December 5, 1968No. Patent Appeal 8058PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals, 1 affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 14 and 16-18 in appellants’ application 2 for “Filters” as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 3 over Vokes 4 combined with Pumps. 5
THE INVENTION
Appellants’ invention relates to filters for fluids, such as air, and methods of their construction. The particular structural embodiment involved in the instant appeal is illustrated in Figure 8:
This filter unit has a pleated core of filter paper 64 interposed between top and bottom filter paper walls 62 and 63.
The V-shaped…
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