In re Wittry

MARKEY, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 1-4, 6-13 and 15-28, all the remaining claims in appellant’s application serial No. 862,985, filed August 19, 1969 for reissue of patent No. 3,107,297, issued October 15, 1963. The decision is affirmed as to claims 16-20 and 22-28 and reversed as to claims 1-4, 6-13,15 and 21.

The Invention

The invention relates to an “Electron Probe X-Ray Analyzer Wherein the Emitted X-Radiation Passes Through the Objective Lens.” Instruments of this type are used for quantitatively determining the…