In re Reeves

All the claims of appellant’s application for a patent relating to the production of composite motion-picture films were rejected by the Primary Examiner of the United States Patent Office, which rejection was affirmed by the Board of Appeals. From the decision of the Board of Appeals, appellant has appealed to this court.

Claims 12 and 14 are illustrative and follow:

12. In apparatus for producing motion pictures of real objects combined with a picture projected on a screen, an opaque reflecting screen, a motion-picture projector for displaying scenes thereon positioned in front of the screen…