Application of Lars Ringdal

SMITH, Judge.

The Board of Appeals affirmed the final rejection by the examiner of claims 22, 23 and 26 to 29, inclusive, of appellant's application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 438,169 filed June 21, 1954, for Ammunition. Presumably this rej ection was intended to be a rejection for “obviousness” under 35 U.S.C. § 103, and we shall so treat it.

The rejected claims relate to ammunition which may be used in rifles, shotguns, automatic guns, or other types of firearms. Appellant asserts advantages for this ammunition when used either as blank ammunition or as live ammunition. The ammunition…