Application of Thomas B. McGuire and Andrew Pogan

RICH, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 5, 10, 11, 13, 17, 19, and 21 of application serial No. 375,217, filed June 15, 1964, entitled “Tool for Internally Cutting a Tube at an Angle to the Axis Thereof.” Five claims have been allowed.

The claimed invention is a tool used for cutting tubing or pipe, such as copper tubing used as water lines in buildings. Appellants’ brief informs us that conventional plumbing procedure calls for the rough installation of lengths of tubing in the open walls and spaces…