In re McCue

BALDWIN, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, adhered to on reconsideration, sustaining the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 and 9 of appellants’ application.1 Claims 2-5, 7, and 8 have been allowed.

The Invention

Appellants’ invention relates to a device designed to provide a continuous record of the speed of a locomotive as it progresses along the track. The record is produced on a paper tape by a stylus movable transversely thereon. A first motor rotates a drive drum to move the tape while a second motor controls the transverse position of the stylus…