IN RE SPINA

No. 91-1358.

975 F.2d 854 (1992)

In re Charles SPINA.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David V. Trask, Trask, Britt & Rossa, of Salt Lake City, Utah, submitted for appellant.

Fred E. McKelvey, Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, of Arlington, Va., submitted for appellee. With him on the brief were John W. Dewhirst and Jameson Lee, Associate Solicitors. Of counsel was Richard E. Schafer.

Before NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOURIE, Circuit Judge.


NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Charles Spina appeals the April 26, 1991 decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in patent application Serial No. 164,333, filed March 4, 1988, entitled "Handle For Surgery Lamp".1 We reverse the rejection of claim 13, the only claim at issue.

Background

The invention is a detachable, sterilizable, multi-part handle that is adapted to manipulate...

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