Application of Bernard M. Fine, Deceased, Amelia S. Fine, Assignee

RICH, Judge.

This is an appeal of Amelia S. Fine, assignee of Bernard M. Fine, deceased, from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection by the examiner of claim 6, the sole remaining claim, in application serial No. 25,353, filed May 6, 1948, by Bernard M. Fine, entitled, “Process of Making Crank Shafts.”

The claim under rejection reads:

“The process of making crankshafts which comprises forming a work-piece composed of collars spaced apart by axially extending journal members coincident with the axis of the work-piece, clamping the work-piece between the first…