# In Re Gerard Meunier

> Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · December 10, 1970 · 434 F.2d 657

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9456249

## Case

- **Full name:** Application of Gerard Meunier
- **Court:** Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
- **Decided:** December 10, 1970
- **Citations:** 434 F.2d 657; 434 F.2d 567; 58 C.C.P.A. 778; 168 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 43; 1970 CCPA LEXIS 244
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Baldwin
- **Judges:** Rich, Almond, Baldwin, Lane
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Baldwin, Judge,
dissenting.
I agree that Haven teaches that the use of his flexible and ductile separator strip between the metal film on the facing marginal edges of his glass sheets results in a structure superior to a rigid non-yielding unit. Nevertheless, I am convinced that a person skilled in this art, if *783 lie would be satisfied with a unit lacking Haven’s advantages, would find it obvious that the metal-coated margins of the glass sheets could be soldered directly together. It seems clear to me that such person would readily recognize that an obvious way to make a rigid structure would be to position the glass sheets with the desired spacing between the marginal edges and then simply solder the edges together. A prima facie case of obviousness has been made out and the board’s opinion should be affirmed.

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