Application of Jerry E. Cotner

SMITH, Judge.

Appellant’s application serial No. 728,-095, filed April 14, 1958, is entitled “Method of Coating Metallic Surfaces and Articles Produced Thereby.” Claims 1-6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17-19 and 21-24 were rejected by the examiner and this holding was affirmed on appeal to the Board of Appeals and adhered to upon reconsideration.

The references relied upon are:

Curtin 2,210,850 Aug. 6, 1940

Lum 2,516,008 July 18, 1950

Curtin 2,846,342 Aug. 5, 1958

As to the precise ground for rejection, the record is needlessly confused because the examiner did not clearly state the statutory basis for the…