Legal Opinion
In re Hallman
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided July 16, 1981No. Appeal No. 81-524PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals (“board”) sustaining the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-8, 10, 11, 13-16, 19 and 20. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
BACKGROUND
The Invention
The claimed invention is directed to a structure for producing images.1 It is useful in the fabrication of microforms, such as microfilms, lithographic printing plates, and litho films. The structure comprises a layer of image forming material applied to a substrate and a layer of energy sensitive material overlying the image forming layer.
*214The energy…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Application of Virgil W. Vogel and Paul W. VogelCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1970
- Application of Christian Zickendraht and Arthur BuehlerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1963
- Application of Carl F. Swinehart and Marko SfiligojCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1971
- Application of Charles T. FuettererCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1963
- Application of Oliver C. EckelCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1968
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re SchreiberCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
- In Re SchreiberCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997