Beauregard, In re, 95-1054
| Decision Date | 12 May 1995 |
| Docket Number | No. 95-1054,95-1054 |
| Citation | 53 F.3d 1583 |
| Parties | In re Gary M. BEAUREGARD, Larry K. Loucks, Khoa Dang Nguyen and Robert J. Urquhart. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Federal Circuit |
The Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks moves to dismiss Gary M. Beauregard et al.'s appeal. Beauregard responds stating that vacatur or reversal of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences' decision and remand to the Board is the appropriate disposition. Beauregard requests that the remand order be issued as a precedential order.
Briefly, on August 4, 1994, the Board rejected Beauregard's computer program product claims on the basis of the printed matter doctrine. Beauregard appealed. The Commissioner now states "that computer programs embodied in a tangible medium, such as floppy diskettes, are patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. Sec. 101 and must be examined under 35 U.S.C. Secs. 102 and 103." The Commissioner states that he agrees with Beauregard's position on appeal that the printed matter doctrine is not applicable. Thus, the parties are in agreement that no case or controversy presently exists.
The Board's decision is vacated and the case is remanded for further proceedings in accordance with the Commissioner's concessions.
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