In re Malcolm

For alleged lack of invention over the prior art cited, the tribunals of the United States Patent Office have concurred in rejecting the *1098five claims of appellant’s application for patent upon claimed improvements in music notation.

Claim 9 is selected by appellant as illustrative:

9. Tlie herein described music notation sheet having thereon two pairs of staff lines, one for the treble and one for the bass, numerals 1 to 7, inclusive, for designating the white key notes of each octave and consecutive letters designating the black key notes of each octave, arranged with the characters designating…