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September 19, 2001.
September 19, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Donald R. Dunner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., of Washington, DC, argued for appellant. With him on the brief were Thomas H. Jenkins; and Kulpreet S. Rana, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., of Palo Alto, California. Of counsel on the brief was Alvin D. Shulman, Marshall, O'Toole, Gersten, Murray & Borun, of Chicago, Illinois. Of counsel was Arie Moshe Michelsohn, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., of Washington, DC.
Raymond T. Chen, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, of Arlington, Virginia, argued for appellee. With him on the brief were Albin F. Drost, Acting Solicitor; John M. Whealan, Acting Deputy Solicitor; and William LaMarca, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel was Nancy C. Slutter, Attorney.
Constantine L. Trela, Jr., Sidley & Austin, of Chicago, Illinois, argued for intervenor, USX Corporation. With him on the brief were Hugh A. Abrams, and Lisa A. Schneider.
David C. Hanson, Webb Ziesenheim Logsdon Orkin & Hanson, P.C., of Pittsburgh, PA, for amicus curiae LTV Steel Company, Inc.
Before NEWMAN, RADER, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
On reexamination of a patent owned by Inland Steel Company, the Patent and Trademark Office rejected all the claims of Inland's U.S. Patent No. 4,421,574 ("the '574 patent") as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Inland has appealed with respect to nine of the claims. We affirm.
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The '574 patent issued in 1983. In 1991, Inland sued USX Corporation and LTV Steel Company, Inc...
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