In Re Zabel

WORLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office, affirming that of the Primary Examiner, rejecting as unpatentable over the prior art claims 3, 6, and 7 of appellants’ application, Serial No. 599,230, filed June 13, 1945, for a patent relating to a “Method of Forming A Utensil.” No claims were allowed. The involved claims read as follows:

“3. The method of attaching a strainer plate to a thermoplastic bowl portion of a strainer and of maintaining the shape of said strainer plate in a preformed shape during the molding of the bowl…