Application of John P. Swentzel (The Carborundum Co., Assignee)

WORLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board- of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of claims 5, 6, 9, and 17 to 26, inclusive, of appellant’s application for a patent, Serial No. 11,356, for “Silicon Nitride-Bonded Silicon Carbide Articles and Manufacture Thereof.” The rejection was based on lack of invention over the prior art. No claims were allowed.

This matter was first argued January 8, 1954. Our decision was rendered May 27, 1954. Pursuant to the granting of appellant’s petition for rehearing, the appeal was…