In re Richardson

Henry K. Bichardson has appealed here from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming that of the Primary Examiner in rejecting claims 1 to 11, inclusive, 15, and 16 of his application for a patent relating to “Improvement in Lamp Base.” No claims were allowed.

The instant application, serial No. 132,956, was filed March 25,1937, and is said to be a continuation-in-part of an earlier application of appellant, serial No. 692,587, filed October 7, 1933, now patent No. 2,075,057, granted March 30, 1937. The patent contains only method claims, while the claims…