In re Lloyd

We have here an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of seven claims, being all the claims, of appellant’s application for patent entitled “For Heat-Insulating Material.” The claims are numbered respectively 4, 5, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18.

In the brief for appellant it is stated:

The problem that confronted appellant was to provide an integral insulation material having, among others, the following physical characteristics:(1) An insulation temperature range up to and in excess of 1,000° F.(2) Light…