In re Renstrom

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the-United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting all of the claims, Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, in appellant’s. *1021application for a patent for an alleged invention relating to a hair curler.

Claims 1 and 4 are sufficiently illustrative of the appealed claims. They read:

1. A hair curler comprising a tubular body having diametrically opposite perforations adjacent one end, a clamping arm having a portion straddling said end of said body and having opposed perforations aligned with the body…