In re Schmidt

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming a decision of the examiner rejecting, for want of patentability over the cited prior art, claims 109, 110, 116, 117, and 118 of appellant’s application for a patent. Said decision of the board also affirmed the decision of the examiner rejecting twelve other claims of appellant’s application, but appellant has not appealed from the rejection of said claims. It appears that twenty-eight claims have been allowed.

Claim 109 illustrates the general subject matter involved and reads as follows:

109.…