Application of Ferdinand J. Ratti

SMITH, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of claims 1, 4, 7 and 10 of appellant’s application serial No. 359,325, filed June 3, 1953, for a patent on an “Oil Seal” for sealing the space between a bore in a housing and a relatively movable shaft centrally located in the bore.

Claim 1 is representative of claims 4 and 7 and reads:

“1. A seal for insertion in a cylindrical bore in a housing about a relatively movable centrally located shaft, comprising an annular bore-engaging mounting…