Application of Karel H. N. Schulpen

KIRKPATRICK, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 15, 16 and 17, the only remaining claims, of appellant’s application serial No. 623,210, filed November 19, 1956, entitled “Device for the Manufacture of Objects of Yieldably Deformable Material.” The sole issue is whether the claimed invention is obvious, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, in view of a patent to Hendry. 1 We conclude that it is not.

The application relates to a machine for subdividing a block of foam rubber or like deformable and compressible material under controlled…