Application of Willie Fong, Amon H. Brown, William L. Wasley, Robert E. Whitfield and Lowell A. Miller

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from a decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the final rejection of claims 1-11 in application serial No. 174,315, filed February 19, 1962, entitled “Continuous Shrinkproofing of Wool Textiles.” No claim has been allowed.

The only reference relied upon is U. S. Patent No. 3,078,138, issued February 19, 1963, to Miller, Whitfield, and Wasley, on an application filed March 27, 1961. It describes a process for shrink-proofing woolen textile material by forming a resin on its surface. We quote from the general statement of the invention :

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