United States Federal Circuit
IN RE C. STEVEN MCDANIEL, 01-1307
The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences erroneously conflated separately stated grounds for rejection of patent claims, by selecting a representative claim which was not itself subject to that ground of rejection; substantial evidence established that selected claims were anticipated by cited references.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/19/2002
- Published 06/19/2002
Judges
- Before MAYER, Chief Judge, LINN and PROST, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Federal Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- C. Steven McDaniel, McDaniel & Associates, P.C., of Austin, TX, argued for appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Kristin L. Yohannan, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, VA, argued for appellee. With her on the brief were John M. Whealan, Solicitor; and Steven Walsh, Associate Solicitor.