United States Federal Circuit
In re Youman, 2011-1136
An examiner's rejection of claims in a reissue patent application, affirmed by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, is overturned, where the Board failed to determine whether the applicants avoided the recapture rule bar on reissue by modifying a limitation in the reissue claim.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/08/2012
- Published 05/08/2012
Judges
- Prost
Court
- United States Federal Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Laurence S. Rogers, Scott C. Weidenfeller