Application of August Henry Schutte

RICH, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner in rejecting claims 1, 3-9, and 11-17 of application No. 411,466, filed February 19, 1954, by August Henry Schutte, for “Contact Coking System.”

Appellant moved at the hearing to dismiss the appeal as to claims 3, 5-9, and 11-17. The Patent Office, of course, has no objection and the motion is hereby granted, leaving only claims 1 and 4 for our consideration.

The invention relates in general to a method of converting liquid hydrocarbons into coke and hydrocarbon vapors. The liquid…