United States Federal Circuit
In Re Leithem, 2011-1030
In an appeal from a judgment of the Board of Patent Appeals affirming the examiner's rejection of a pending claim concerning an improved diaper, judgment is reversed where the Board relied on a new ground of rejection while failing to allow appellants a full opportunity to respond to the new basis for rejection.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/19/2011
- Published 09/19/2011
Judges
- LINN
Court
- United States Federal Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- WILLIAM J. SPATZ, MARY L. KELLY