In re Wise

The appellants appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office, affirming the action of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claims 3, 4, and 6 of a patent application for “Facsimile Apparatus.” Nineteen claims were allowed.

Claims 3, 4, and 6 were rejected on the patent to Oppman, 1,546,992, dated July 21, 1925,.in view of the patent to Reed, 666,154, dated January 15,1901.

The claims read as follows:

3. In facsimile scanning apparatus, a rotatable hollow transparent cylinder to receive a flexible sheet to be scanned, and means mounted within said cylinder…