In re Kinney

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary -Examiner rejecting claims 2, 3,4,18, and 19 in appellant’s application for a patent for an invention relating to a homogenizer on the ground of lack of invention over prior art. Claims 7 to 11, inclusive, 13 to 17, inclusive, and 20 were allowed by the Primary Examiner.

Claims 2 and 18 are representative of the appealed claims. They read:

2. In an homogenizer the combination of a plurality of spaced compressor elements, means for forcing material between the…