In re Febrey

This appeal brings before us for review a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of claims 1 to 5 inclusive of appellant’s application for a patent. The application relates to a “Standard Plug-Type Signal Bond.”

The claims were rejected upon the ground that the- invention claimed had been in public use for more than one year prior to the filing of his instant application.

The sole question before us is one of law, viz., whether appellant is entitled to the date of an earlier application filed by him for the same…