In re Wesselman

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming a decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting claims 16 and 17 of appellant’s application for a patent. Eight claims were allowed.

Appellant’s application relates to a carrier for a plurality of bottles, said carrier being made out of flexible cardboard. In view of the conclusion we have reached in the case it is unnecessary to set out the claims in the opinion.

The references cited are:

Johnson, 1,981,647, November 20, 1934.

Wesselman, 2,171,615, September 5, 1939.

Appellant’s alleged invention…