Legal Opinion
In Re Michael Geisler, Rudolf Kotter-Faulhaber, Susanne Wuerz and Michael Jung
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 7, 1997No. 96-1362PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal from the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, the inventors challenge the decision of the patent examiner and the Board rejecting the inventors’ patent claims for obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We hold that the critical factual findings underlying the Board’s legal conclusion of obviousness are not clearly erroneous, and we therefore affirm.
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The inventors, appellants Michael Geisler, Rudolf Kotter-Faulhaber, Susanne Wuerz, and Michael Jung (collectively “Geisler”), filed an application for a patent on a reflective…
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