Legal Opinion
In re Blaisdell
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 29, 1957No. 6251PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, Chief Judge
This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office, rejecting claims 1-3 and 7-10, the only-remaining claims in appellant’s application for a “Tapered Shim.” Claims 1-3, 7 and 9 were rejected as readable on tapered shims which were placed in public use by both appellant and one Allen more than one year prior to the filing date of appellant’s application; claims 8 and 10 were rejected as barred by the public use of appellant’s shim in view of the prior art.
The following claims are representative of the claims on appeal:
1. A bearing shim adapted to be…
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