Application of Frederick A. Purdy

KIRKPATRICK, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals, affirming the examiner’s rejection of appellant’s claims 1-5 in his application entitled “Controls for Door-Operators”.1 The main issue in the case is double patenting. No claim has been allowed.

The invention relates to a motor operated garage door in which a light cell, in the motor control circuit which operates the motor to open or close the garage door, is activated by the headlight of a vehicle approaching or leaving the garage.

Claim 1 is representative:

1. In a door-operator, a motor for driving the door, and…