# Application of Charles T. Fuetterer

> Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · June 28, 1963 · 319 F.2d 259

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9449432

## Case

- **Full name:** Application of Charles T. FUETTERER
- **Court:** Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
- **Decided:** June 28, 1963
- **Citations:** 319 F.2d 259; 50 C.C.P.A. 1453
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Woe Ley
- **Judges:** Almond, Martin, Rich, Smith, Woe Ley, Worley
- **Cited by:** 32 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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affirming, the hoard s.tated: ’ ■ ’ ‘
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I’fifad‘no-'évidéhbe dri-tMW record before us ‘Which -WdaldYfi ’'a'nyWiSé'-'fefUfe' that reasoning and conclusion. -
.¡■ffilie. basis ‘for-¡rejection here-ismleatly 35» UíS.C.¡i§ ..>l-12»-.Which¡rrfiquires ;án, ap‘plicant'-to .particulaylycpoihtíoutvand' disr» tintítly >claim, ,Ms< ‘alleged- invention. <»The issue; of failure to comply^with-that‘-section- becauseiof idunotionality. ..-introduces.an-elenafent of ¡degree;iwh'ichf ,much‘,'Tiké: the; question .¡of; obvibusniessj > is» dependent» onlthe particular facts in» each case." ■>.
!I't'see'nT.S’!tO,'me that‘óh'e‘ skilldd'in this-' aft Would betunadle to- déterihiné, with1out* í elaboratei ¡experimentation',-' which salts,- -other.tháníithe.»four disclosed,1 are capable -,of¡ ¡performing,jthe /desired func-tion*»»That is iso¡¡because appellant ¡'has to disglpse,any,factual criteria'orsc.ieptific,, pyinpipl.es; (upqrt r w,hich. ¡equiva-, lence can be based.
Only four examples are given in the specification;‘and They'iibelong) to a narrow .group, viz?3,alkaline earth .or alkali salts’of garbonicpiyphosphon the. disclosure'' does"’not^.teacb, whether‘ any inorganic salts,' other ‘tban tjie'four'. disclosed, woutó perform fíie same function. The..common properties of the sans re*»«ir *U5*; vt\ * i "tf'. l » ■ *kf T»r“iwv; j lied on to perform said! function arp not disclosed, nor' are '.the 'examples sufM >iL Ml ! "}l >,'» i íj ; I (■' ficiently numerous to make clear what" those pfopertiés'mígKt bel" ,gincé ébüivalent saltas cannot be determined from tfia ' ' »■ »i 11 j * ’ ,‘j, 3 5J ft * ; •, HA"’1 v 1' t«'1 1 ! ' teaching.,of’ the.disclosure or the skill of the arf,, sorely appellant.,is (npt entitled to clájm them." Discovery of suitable protein and carbohydrate m colloidal, sus-, pension in a laboratory test tube, but whether 'fiíe^’ woülÜ ’'actaafty' maintain ■,1.0.:"; :■> -í> í «tü i-,ir,ri -stf" 'y,.J> the suspension, under conditions of use, s;. T»,'.; . e., m icy-water, under the pressure JlllaI. j- : ..’i'/A'/f;--. 21 a _:v «•'if T; i'
>&5.. WteiiW^?fe;,fil^F1y«Fe¡?.Ví1^'t.W »Wfjf ing vague, indefinite and toó broad*,.. such their allowance is precluded by 35 „U.S*C..;§ 112. I would affirm.

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