Application of James F. Hunter

MARTIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the examiner of claims 33 to 36, inclusive, and 39, the only remaining claims of appellant’s application for a patent on a method of connecting cords.

Appellant’s invention relates to a joint for multiple-strand cords and a process for making such a joint. The cords contemplated are those used in operating window shades and Venetian blinds. Common usage requires that such cords be endless and that any cord joints be flexible and of a diameter substantially…