In re Lavinthal

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the decision of the primary examiner rejecting claims Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, in appellant’s application for a patent for an alleged invention relating to a method of making rubber-heel blanks.

*1117The claims are as follows:

1. A method of making rubber heel blanks which comprises placing a sheet of unvulcanized rubber composition in a mold, and vulcanizing under heat and pressure to form a unitary sheet having a plurality of heel blanks thereon.

2. A method of making rubber heel blanks which comprises placing a' sheet of…