Application of Donald Richman

RICH, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 1-3, 11, and 12 of appellant’s reissue application serial No. 299,141, filed July 26, 1963, 1 for reissue of his patent No. 2,933,558, granted April 19, 1960, on an application filed December 23, 1957, 2 for “Noise-Immune Synchronizing-Signal Separator for Television Receivers.”

Three issues are raised. One is whether the appealed application is defective for lack of a reissue oath complying with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 251. A second issue pertains to the…