In re Pope

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the action of the Primary Examiner in rejecting claims 1 and 2 in appellant’s application for a patent for alleged new and useful improvements “in Twister Eing Lubricating Device.”

The appealed claims are drawn to a method of lubricating reciprocating traveler rings of twisting machines, and were rejected as lacking invention over the prior art of record. Ten claims, directed to the device, have been allowed.

The appealed claims read as follows:

1. The method of lubricating a reciprocating…