In re Hegan

Garrett, Presiding Judge,

delivered tire opinion of the court:

By appeal there is here brought before us for review the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the examiner rejecting three claims, numbered, respectively, 15, 16, and 17, of appellant’s application for patent relating to “Filtering Medium for Air Filters.” Two claims of the application, numbered, respectively, 13 and 14, stand allowed. The rejected claims read:

35. A gas filtering element consisting of corrugated wire in strand form.

36. A filtering medium consisting of a mass…