Appeal No. 98-0532
Application 07/996,382
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner
finally rejecting claims 37 through 56 of this reissue
continuation application. These constitute all of the claims
remaining of record.
The appellant's invention is directed to a refrigeration
compressor. The claims before us on appeal can be found in an
appendix to the appellant’s Brief.
BACKGROUND
The appellant filed a patent application on June 8, 1988,
which issued as U.S. Patent No. 4,895,496 on January 23, 1990.
Exactly two years later, on January 23, 1992, the appellant
filed a reissue application which contained broadened claims.
Notice of allowance of this reissue application was mailed on
September 24, 1992, and it issued on June 29, 1993 as RE
34,297. According to the appellant, on December 14, 1992, it
was discovered that an additional error existed which would
not be cured by the reissue patent. As a result, on December
23, 1992, a second reissue application was filed, and it is
this application which now is before us.
OPINION
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