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In re Johnson

Citations

  • 558 F.2d 1008
  • 194 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 187
  • 1977 CCPA LEXIS 140

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  • reversing rejection for in- adequate written description where specification disclosed several species of a genus and claims recited genus but ex- cluded two species of lost interference count
  • reversing rejection for in- adequate written description where specification disclosed several species of a genus and claims recited genus but ex- cluded two species of lost interference count
  • “It is for the inventor to decide what bounds of protection he will seek.”
  • “The facts of the prosecution are properly presented and relied on, under these circumstances, to indicate that appellants are merely excising the invention of another, to which they are not entitled, and are not ... claiming ‘new matter.’ ”

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Judges: Lane, Markey

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