In re Christensen

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the action of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claims 1 to 5 inclusive, 10, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, and 30 of an application, serial No. 364,382, filed November 5, 1940, for a patent for “Lock Stitch Sewing Machines,” as unpatentable over the cited prior art. Three claims were allowed.

The references relied upon are:

Mueller et,al., 1,544,266, June 30, 1925.

Schneider; 1,604,078, October 19, 1926.

Baker, 1,679,199, July 31, 1928.

Myers, 2,095,450, October 12, 1937.

Maekay, Jr., 2,112,172, March…