In re Mraz

Rich, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 1-4, 7, and 8 1 in appellant’s application serial No. 458,289, filed May 24, 1965, for “Edge De-Burring Roll.” We affirm.

Subject Matter Olaimed

Appellant claims apparatus for removing edge burrs from thin metal strips. Such burrs may be formed at the longitudinal edges of strips as a result of slitting or shearing operations used in forming the strips from wider sheet stock. These burrs are asserted to unfit the thin strips for many uses (e.g., for use as the magnetic cores of…