Legal Opinion
Inre: Giannelli
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 13, 2014No. 18-2194PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Raymond Giannelli (“Giannelli”) appeals from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) affirming the rejection of claims 1-25 of U.S. Patent Application 10/378,261 (Mar. 3, 2003) (the “'261 application”) under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) 1 as obvious over U.S. Patent 5,997,447 (the “'447 patent”). Ex parte Giannelli, No. 2010-007582, slip op. at 5, 2012 WL 5451497 (P.T.A.B. Oct. 29, 2012) (“Board Decision”). Because the Board erred in concluding that the claims of the '261 application would have been obvious…
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