Application of Jerome J. Kanter

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from a decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals1 affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 4, 14, and 15, of appellant’s application serial No. 197,702, filed May 25, 1962, entitled “Siliconized Ferrous Products and Processes for Same.” Claims 5 and 7-11 have been allowed.

The invention of the appealed claims is the process of forming an adherent, silicon-containing coating (“ease”) on ferrous metal articles.

It has long been known that iron and steel articles with surface coatings (cases) of high silicon-iron alloys have certain desirable properties,…