In re Dove

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office sustaining the decision of the- Primary-Examiner rejecting, as unpatentable over the prior art, claims 10 and 11, which are all of the claims in appellant’s application for a patent for an overhead door construction, particularly adapted for use as a garage door.

Claim 11 is illustrative and reads as follows:

11. In an overhead door construction of the type having supporting channel members for the door extending at right angles thereto and for counterweights for the door, and fulcrumed on rotatable…