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IN RE GEISLER

No. 96-1362.

116 F.3d 1465 (1997)

In re Michael GEISLER, Rudolf Kotter-Faulhaber, Susanne Wuerz and Michael Jung.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Brice Faller, Felfe & Lynch, New York City, argued, for appellants. With him on the brief was John E. Lynch.

Craig R. Kaufman, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, Arlington, VA, argued, for appellee. With him on the brief were Nancy J. Linck, Solicitor, Albin F. Drost, Deputy Solicitor, and David J. Ball, Jr., Associate Solicitor.

Before PLAGER, CLEVENGER and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.

BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal from the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, the inventors challenge the decision of the patent examiner and the Board rejecting the inventors' patent claims for obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We hold that the critical factual findings underlying the Board's legal conclusion of obviousness are not clearly erroneous, and we therefore affirm.

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