Application of Carl W. Walter

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claim 21 of Walter application Ser. No. 487,728, filed February 14, 1955, for “Fluid Administering Equipment.” 1

Claim 21 was copied, for interference purposes, from Ryan patent 2,704,544, issued March 22, 1955, assigned to Abbott Laboratories, entitled “Venoelysis Equipment.”

Applicant’s specification states at the outset,

“This invention concerns the supplying and administering of fluids including particularly whole blood and fractions thereon subcutaneously, including parenteral,…