In re Gillette

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the action of the Primary Examiner in finally rejecting claims 1,10, and 11 of appellant’s application for a patent for a self-locking nut that cooperates with a standard threaded stud or bolt for securing two or more elements in assembled relation. Claim 6, drawn to a single species of the nut, has.been allowed.

*1173Claims 1 and 11 are considered illustrative and read as follows:

I. A self-locking nut including in combination a standard type metal nut member having a polygonal exterior…