In re Stacy

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming a decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting claims 4, 5, 6,16,20,22, and 26 of appellant’s application for a patent. Thirteen claims stand allowed.

Claims 5 and 6 are method claims and the others are apparatus claims.

Claims 4 and 5 are illustrative of the subject matter of the claims and read as follows:

4. In a fluid operated motor for drawing metal blanks where if the resistance of the blank to the drawing operation suddenly lessens during the drawing operation, tlie ram element may jump…