In re Lowry

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting claims 9,14, 15, 20, 22, 33 to 41, inclusive, 45, and 46 in appellant’s application for a patent for- an alleged invention relating to improvements in thermionic cathodes.

Claims 9, 20, 33, 34, and 35 are illustrative of the appealed claims. They read:

9. In combination, a filament comprising cobalt-nickel, an ingredient which, renders the cobalt-nickel composition forgeable and a coating of electron-emissive oxide.

20. In combination with an…