In re Clark

Almond, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, adhered to on reconsideration, affirming the rejection of claim 3 of appellant’s application entitled “Shot Container for Shotgun Cartridges.”1 The remaining claims, 1, 2 and 4-6, have been allowed.

The invention relates to a composite, one-piece plastic wad column for disposition within a shotgun cartridge. The wad column has an *925obturating2 wad portion and a shot container portion as illustrated in Figs, 5-9:

The shot container portion 23 of the wad column has a wall 22 with slits 24 and tabs 25 for easy…