In re Ray

Appellant has appealed from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming that of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claims 7, 8, 18, 19, 29, and 31 to 33 inclusive of an application for a patent alleging new and useful improvements in a “THERMOCOUPLE OPERATED CONTROL SYSTEM.” Seven claims were allowed.

The examiner rejected all of the involved claims as unpatentable over the prior art which is as follows:

Harrison, 1,863,373, June 14, 1932.

Ray, 2,084,654, June 22, 1937.

Alder, 2,186,948, January 16, 1940.

Alfery, 2,305,585, December 22,1942.

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