In re Marx

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the holding of the Primary Examiner rejecting as unpatentable over the prior art claim 3 of appellant’s application for “Improvements in Dish Washers.” Claims 4 and 5 were allowed.

The application discloses a dish washer of the automatic type having a housing which contains all of the components which are necessary for its operation. In the housing is mounted a cylindrical wire basket which is rotatable about a vertical axis, and is adapted to hold the dishes which are to be washed. A…