In re Hughes

Appellant filed his application for an improvement in mechanism for trade-marking transfer webs. Fifteen claims were originally attached to the application, all of which were rejected by the examiner. The appellant appealed to the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office, which affirmed the decision of the examiner. The appellant has brought here, on appeal, claims 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, having abandoned the others.

*1293Claim 12 is typical of all the claims, and is as follows:

12. In mechanism for trade marking transfer webs, the combination with a rotary printing couple, one of which…