In re Crosby

This is a.u appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming that of the Primary Examiner rejecting claims 128 to 131, inclusive, of a patent application for a “Stapling Machine” as unpatentable over the patent to Bloodworth, No. 373,265, dated November 15,1887. Ten claims have been allowed.

The involved claims read as follows:

128. In a stapling machine, means for supporting staples, means at the front end of said supporting means and constituting therewith a staple guideway, means movably guided relative to said supporting means for covering or…