In re Ernst

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the action of the Primary Examiner in rejecting, in view of the prior art, claims 19 and 31 of appellant’s application for a patent directed to a method of drawing a work piece; claims 22 to 24, 26 to 30, and 32, directed to an apparatus, having been allowed by the Primary Examiner.

The alleged invention relates to “a hydraulic multiple action automobile body press, in which, for shaping the work piece in a plurality of steps, only one power unit is required, acting all the while through…