Application of Angelo E. Bartlett and Elwood J. Fletcher

I am in complete agreement with the examiner and board that there is nothing here of a patentable nature. Indeed, it is as devoid of patentability as the subject matter of In re Balmer, 276 F.2d 405, 47 CCPA 883. My reasons there are equally applicable here.

To give appellant a monopoly will effectively prevent others in this field from exercising even the simplest kind of ordinary skill.