In re Ludwick

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from a Patent Office decision disallowing claims 1 to 18, inclusive, 23, 24, and 25, of appellant’s application.

The device is a force feed lubricator designed for lubricating various bearings of machinery, more particularly a roller mill. The Primary Examiner disallowed all the claims, because, in his view, they were anticipated by the prior art. The Board allowed claims 19 to 22, inclusive, but affirmed, the Examiner as to all the other claims, and this decision in turn was affirmed by the Assistant Commissioner. As to claims 1 to 12, inclusive, the Assistant…