Application of Arthur v. Hughes

345 F.2d 184

Application of Arthur V. HUGHES.

Patent Appeal No. 7312.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

May 20, 1965.

John A. Blair, Detroit, Mich., C. Willard Hayes, Washington, D. C., Everett R. Casey, Detroit, Mich., for appellant.

Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D. C., (S. Wm. Cochran, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, MARTIN, SMITH and ALMOND, Judges.

SMITH, Judge.

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Claims 1-16 of appellant's application1 stand rejected, and the threshold question is, on what ground? Neither the examiner nor the Board of Appeals…