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APPLICATION OF WALTER

Appeal No. 79-599.

618 F.2d 758 (1980)

In the Matter of the Application of William C. WALTER.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

March 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed C. Lawlor, Pasadena, Cal., attorney of record, for appellant, Robert C. Smith, Sylmar, Cal., of counsel.

Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D. C., for the Commissioner of Patents, Jere W. Sears, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

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

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board), affirming the examiner's final rejection of claims 7-14 and 16-18 in application serial No. 303,693, filed November 6, 1972, entitled "Seismic Prospecting System." The sole ground of rejection of the claims is that they are directed to nonstatutory subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. We affirm.

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