Application of Erich Timmerbeil, Hugo Timmerbell and Paul Timmerbeil

WORLEY, Chief Judge.

All the claims in appellants’ application 1 for a patent on a “Strapping Band Device and Method of Making Same,” were rejected by the examiner as un-patentable over the prior art. In affirming that action, the Board of Appeals stated in part:

The references relied upon by the Examiner are:

Holmes et al. 113,518 April 11, 1871

Olmsted 180,910 August 8, 1876

Beugler 1,203,688 November 7, 1916

Gibausset et al. 774,167 September 17, 1934 (France)

Timmerbeil 417,821 October 12, 1934

Titan Eisenwaren-fabrik (Germany) 648,535 August 3, 1937

“The appealed claims relate to a band for…