In re Reed

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting claims 7 and 11 in appellants’ application for a patent for an alleged invention relating to an apparatus for manufacturing gas from coal.

The claims read:

7. An apparatus for manufacturing gas from coal comprising an externally heated tumbling barrel retort divided into sections by screen partitions, tumbling elements within each section for grinding the solid material, 'an externally heated retort, connections for said distilled material and…