United States Federal Circuit

Patent claims directed to a method and apparatus for displaying advertising were not entitled to the filing date of an earlier filed application, and would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of invention, thus rejection of claims is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/17/2002
• Published 10/17/2002

Judges

• Before MAYER, Chief Judge, DYK, and PROST, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles D. Houston, Thompson & Knight, L.L.P., of Austin, Texas, argued for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sydney O. Johnson, Jr., Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, Virginia, argued for appellee.   With him on the brief were John M. Whealan, Solicitor;  and William LaMarca, Associate Solicitor.   Of counsel was Stephen Walsh, Associate Solicitor.