In re Lee

The alleged invention involved in this appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office relates to a metal coating process and especially the coating of nonferrous articles, particularly articles made of alloys containing copper as the pre-domiñant ingredient, such as brass or bronze.

Claims 5,10,13,14, and 21 are all method claims, and claims 22 and 23 are directed toward defining the article. The Primary Examiner rejected all the appealed claims, which were all the claims in the ap*897plication, on tbe single reference patent to Cooper, No. 2,149,253, issued…