IN RE FENN

Appeal No. 80-583.

639 F.2d 762 (1981)

In re Robert W. FENN, III, Emory J. Pless, Richard L. Harris, and Kevin J. O'Leary.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

January 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Skinner, Painesville, Ohio, and John W. Schneller, Washington, D. C., with whom Keil and Witherspoon, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellants.

Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D. C., for the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; Henry W. Tarring, II, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

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


MILLER, Judge.

This appeal is from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") Board of Appeals ("board") which affirmed the examiner's rejection of claims 1-12, 14-15, and 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious from the teachings of Leduc et al.1 ("Leduc"), Grossteinbeck et al.2 ("Grossteinbeck"), Heidweiller,3 and Francis.4 We reverse....

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