In re Richmond

The Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirmed the action of the Primary Examiner in rejecting all of appellant’s claims, 1 to 11, inclusive, and 13 to 15, inclusive, in his application for a patent for a method of treating and packaging dried fruit products. The applicant here appeals from the decision of the board and in this court withdraws the appeal as to claims 1, 2, 3, 8, and 10. We treat his so-called withdrawal as a motion to dismiss the appeal as to these claims, and the same will be granted. That leaves for our consideration claims 4 to 7, inclusive, 9, 11, and 13…