APPLICATION OF VAN WANDERHAM

Patent Appeal No. 7781.

378 F.2d 981 (1967)

Application of Marvin C. VAN WANDERHAM, Warren W. Worthley and Carl R. Comolli.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

June 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald E. Smallwood, John B. Farmakides, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Joseph Shimmel, Washington, D. C. (Jere W. Sears, of counsel), for the Commissioner of Patents.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, RICH, SMITH and ALMOND, Judges, and WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK.


SMITH, Judge.

The issue presented is whether, in view of the facts of record, appellants' invention relating to cryogenic liquid systems, is obvious within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 103. The real party in interest, by virtue of an assignment, is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

All three of the appealed claims were considered together. Appealed claim 22 describes a cryogenic liquid system as follows:

22. In a rocket propelled...

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