APPLICATION OF TOMA

Appeal No. 77-554.

575 F.2d 872 (1978)

Application of Peter P. TOMA.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

May 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Bruce Prout, Christie, Parker & Hale, Pasadena, Cal., attorneys of record, for appellant; Peter G. Mack, Bacon & Thomas, Arlington, Va., of counsel.

Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D. C., for the Commissioner of Patents; Thomas E. Lynch, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, BALDWIN, LANE and MILLER, Judges.


BALDWIN, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board), modified on reconsideration, sustaining the rejection of claims 1-13, 15-24, 26, 28-36, 40, 41 and 43-561 under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as being directed to nonstatutory subject matter. We reverse the rejection of all claims.

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