In re Pio

Albert F. Pio has appealed here from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the Primary Examiner’s rejection for lack of invention of claims 4, 8, 9,11, and 18 of his application for a patent on subject matter relating to bottle construction.

Appellant’s device is a bottle having a plurality of surfaces or bases upon which it may be selectively supported in either of several non-dispensing positions, or in a dispensing position whereby the contents of the bottle may be poured without having to lift the bottle from its supporting means. This construction…