Appeal No. 1996-2362
Application No. 08/203,596
protect inventors. To demand that the first to disclose shall
limit his claims to the specific materials he has found will
work would not
serve the constitutional purpose of promoting progress in the
useful arts. In re Goffe, 542 F.2d 564, 567, 191 USPQ 429,
431 (CCPA 1976).
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
Edward C. Kimlin )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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Bradley R. Garris ) BOARD OF
PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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Chung K. Pak )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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