In re Burnham

Burnham has appealed from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the Patent Office affirming the decision of the examiner rejecting his three claims for alleged “ Improvements in construction of fireplaces.”

The claims are as follows:

7. A fireplace structure comprising separately formed hollow structural elements each having a front wall and a hack wall spaced apart, the several structural elements being of differing shapes so as to present respectively the outer walls of the joints, the fireback and the throat of a fireplace, the structural elements being adapted to be so assembled as to…