Application of Shortell

HATFIELD, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting claims 1 and 3 to 6, inclusive, in appellant’s application for a patent relating to a hack saw blade. The claims were rejected on the grounds of indefiniteness and lack of invention over the prior art. Claims 7 and 8 were allowed by the Primary Examiner.

At the time of the oral argument in this court, counsel for appellant moved to dismiss the appeal as to claim 4. The motion will- be ■ granted. That leaves four claims for our…