In Re Kaufmann

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office. The board’s decision affirmed the holding of the Primary Examiner rejecting as unpatentable claims 13 and 14, the only remaining claims in appellant’s application for a patent on a “Testing Arrangement For Electrical Appliances.” The claims were rejected as unpatentable over a combination of references cited by the examiner.

Appellant’s device comprises a test circuit arrangement for testing an electrical appliance having a heating element and a thermostatic switch for controlling the…