In re Ward

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States' Patent Office affirming the decision of the examiner finally rejecting two claims, numbered 18 and 19, of appellant’s application, serial No. 342,910, for patent captioned “for Recovery of Valuable Hydrocarbons,” filed June 28, 1940. Several claims stand allowed.

Those on appeal were rejected as being unpatentable over the claims of a patent No. 2,211,088, issued to appellant August 13,1940, upon an application, serial Ho. 170,508, filed October 22,1937, no other reference being cited. The application under…