Application of Ward

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming that of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting appellant’s application for a patent for an alleged invention relating to a “Design for a Coin Holder or Similar Article.”

The references relied upon are: Strattan 231,863, Aug. 31, 1880; Miller 1,025,150, May 7, 1912; Wojciechowski D-63,812, Jan. 15, 1924.

Appellant’s coin holder is an elongated, flat-like, one-piece receptacle with straight and parallel side walls, rectangular top and bottom walls, and an open end to pass coins…