United States Federal Circuit

In a patent case involving an improvement on a type of mechanical conveyor, a decision rejecting certain claims of a reissue application is affirmed where the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences correctly determined that the error upon which applicant based his reissue application was not correctable error under 35 U.S.C. section 251.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/06/2007
• Published 03/06/2007

Judges

• LOURIE, Circuit Judge., Before LOURIE, SCHALL, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John E. Nathan, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, of New York, New York, argued for appellant.   With him on the brief was Jeffrey H. Ingerman and John R. Lane, Ropes & Gray LLP, of New York, New York. Of counsel was Gongjun Ji.


• For Appellees:
  
• Heather F. Auyang, Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, Virginia, argued for appellee.   With her on the brief were John M. Whealan, Solicitor and Thomas W. Krause, Associate Solicitors.