In re Patton

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the holding of the Primary-Examiner rejecting as unpatentable claims 34, 35, 36, and 37, the only remaining claims in appellants’ application for a patent entitled “Cellulosic Board and Method of Treating the Same.”

The alleged invention, as disclosed in the specification and defined in the claims, relates to a method of ornamenting construction board which is made from sawdust bound together with a thermosetting resinous binder. This type of board, before ornamentation, is of uniform color…