IN RE WEINGARTNER

Patent Appeal No. 2975.

58 F.2d 442 (1932)

In re WEINGARTNER.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

May 23, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Smith, Jr., and Charles H. Howson, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C. (Howard S. Miller, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents.

Before GRAHAM, Presiding Judge, and BLAND, HATFIELD, GARRETT, and LENROOT, Associate Judges.


GARRETT, Associate Judge.

The claims involved in this appeal are combination claims, and the usual difficulty is presented of determining whether the combination is inventive, in view of prior art cited, in which prior art are found combined elements analogous in principle to the combined elements of the claims, but requiring modification in order to meet the claims. As to certain of the claims, there is also the question of direct anticipation, and as to others the...

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