Application of Oliver C. Eckel

WORLEY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 30, 31 and 32 of appellant’s application 1 for a patent for “Assembly of Acoustical Panels with Retainers.” Two claims were allowed.

Claim 30, which is representative, reads:

30. An assembly in combination with two angularly adjoining walls, said assembly comprising a plurality of panels extending along said two adjoining walls adjacent the junction thereof and spaced apart, a corner standard positioned at the corner between said two angularly adjoining walls and…