In re Willoughby

Appellant brings before us for review a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the examiner rejecting fifteen claims (numbered 6, 7, 9, 12, 13,14, 23, 29, 31, 32, 49, 52, 55, 56 and 59) of an application for patent filed. June 8, 1925, for improvement in “Mine Car.” Twenty-one claims stand allowed.

Claims 6 and 31 are illustrative of the subject matter of the rejected claims. They read:

6. In a mine car, flanged sills, a floor portion carried by said sill flanges, axles passing through said sill webs and above said floor portion, axle…