In re Thomas

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of (he United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting claims 27, 32, 33, 37, and 38 in appellants’ application for a patent for an alleged invention relating to an improved method of extinguishing fires.

At the time of the oral arguments in this court, counsel for appellants moved that the appeal be dismissed as to appealed claims 32, 33, and 38. The motion is granted.

*1239This leaves for our consideration appealed claims 27 and-37, of which claim 27 is sufficiently illustrative. It reads: . '

27. The…