Application of Lockhart

WORLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United .States Patent Office, affirming that of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claim 26 of appellant’s application, serial No. 556,737, for a patent relating to “Hypodermic Syringes.” Five claims were allowed.

The appealed claim reads as follows: “26. A hypodermic syringe including a base formed, with an unobstructed .opening through which a stoppered ampule may be longitudinally inserted, an open-sided body presenting an ampule-receiving chamber aligned with said base opening, a needle-mounting portion…