APPLICATION OF HOFSTETTER

Patent Appeal No. 7529.

362 F.2d 293 (1966)

Application of Jack H. HOFSTETTER.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul N. Kokulis, Washington, D. C. (H. Calvin White, Los Angeles, Cal., Lawrence A. Hymo, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellant.

Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D. C. (J. F. Nakamura, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for the Commissioner of Patents.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, MARTIN, SMITH, and ALMOND, Judges.


SMITH, Judge.

The issue presented is whether the subject matter of the appealed claims,1 relating to a method and apparatus for producing blow molded plastic containers, is obvious within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 103. The Board of Appeals affirmed the examiner's rejection based on the combined teachings of the prior art.

The subject matter sought to be patented involves the blow molding of plastic containers by initially...

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