IN RE NOUVEL

No. 2011-1526.

IN RE CLAUDE NOUVEL

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: August 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BENJAMIN L. KIERSZ , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, of McLean, Virginia, argued for appellant. With him on the brief was JACK S. BARUFKA .

JOSEPH G. PICCOLO , Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia. With him on the brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN , Solicitor, and SYDNEY O. JOHNSON, JR. , Associate Solicitor.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge BRYSON.


This opinion is nonprecedential.

CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.

Claude Nouvel ("Nouvel") appeals the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ("Board") affirming the examiner's rejection of claims 1-19 of U.S. Pat. App. No. 11/785,758 (filed Apr. 19, 2007) ("the '758 application") as obvious in view of U.S. Patent No. 6,019,020 (issued Feb. 1, 2000) ("Liou") and U.S. Patent No. RE4,917 (reissued May 28...

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