In Re Demarest

HATFIELD, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from tbe decision of tbe Commissioner of Patents affirming tbe decision of tbe Examiners in Chief wMeh, in turn, bad affirmed tbe decision of tbe Primary Examiner rejecting appellant’s claims 3, 4, 29, and 39 for an alleged invention relating to improvements “in cross-beads, and particularly such devices as are employed on steam locomotive engines.”

Claims 3, 4, and 29 are illustrative. They read:

“3. A device of tbe character described, comprising, in combination, a body and a shoe provided with means for connecting tbe body and shoe together for…