Application of Montgomery

COLE, Judge.

Robert M. Montgomery has appealed here alleging error in a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office in rejecting, for lack of invention over the prior art, claim 9 of his application for a patent relating to detachable washable tags for use in connection with the identification of garments left for cleaning purposes in dry cleaning establishments.

The appealed claim reads as follows:

“9. As an article of manufacture, a pad of identification tags comprising a stack of sheets of paper resistant to the usual deteriorating effect of cleaning compounds, said…