IN RE WRIGHT

No. 87-1464.

848 F.2d 1216 (1988)

In re Randall J. WRIGHT.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Slater, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, Ill., for appellant. With him on the brief was Robert L. Lindgren, Chicago, Ill.

Lee E. Barrett, Associate Sol., Office of the Sol., of Arlington, Va., for appellee. With him on the brief were Joseph F. Nakamura, Sol. and Fred E. McKelvey, Deputy Sol., Washington, D.C.

Before FRIEDMAN, NEWMAN, and MAYER, Circuit Judges.


PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

The judgment of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, rejecting claims 1 through 8 of patent application Serial No. 399,850 of Randall J. Wright for "Level Vial with Extended Pitch Range", is reversed.

The Invention

Instruments that are commonly called carpenter's levels have long been known. They use small liquid-filled transparent vials with an entrained...

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