Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law Today 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

Exercise 10

Patents. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) denied Raymond Gianelli's application for a patent for a "Rowing Machine"-an exercise machine on which a user pulls on handles to perform a rowing motion against a selected resistance. The USPTO considered the device obvious in light of a previously patented "Chest Press Apparatus for Exercising Regions of the Upper Body"-an exercise machine on which a user pushes on handles to overcome a selected resistance. On what ground might this result be reversed on appeal? Discuss. [ In re Gianelli, 739 F.3d 1375 (2014)] (See Patents.)