Application of Bisley

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office rejecting as unpatentable over the prior art claims 4,14, 19, 20, 23, 25, 35, 36 and 39 of appellant’s application for a patent on improvements in a “Household Food Mixer.” Seventeen claims (claims 5, 10, 11, 21, 24, 26 through 34, 37, 38 and 40) have been allowed.

The appealed claims relate to various features of an electric food mixer of the generally familiar type commonly used in household kitchens and sold in most electrical appliance stores. The mixer has a base which supports a…