Application of Gene R. Wilder

BALDWIN, Judge.

Wilder has appealed from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals which sustained the rejection of claims 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 and 14 in his application 1 as unpatentable under 35 U. S.C. § 102 and 35 U.S.C. § 103 over a patent to Stahly. 2 In his brief, appellant has moved to dismiss the appeal as to claims 11, 12 and 14. That motion is hereby granted, thus leaving claims 2, 6, 7 and 9 for our consideration.

THE INVENTION

We note, as did the board, that “the nature of the asserted invention is evident from the reproduced claims.” Claims 2 and 7 are representative of the…