In re Irmscher

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 claims 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 36, and 38 in appellant’s application for a patent for alleged new and useful improvements in filler apparatus for measuring a feed supply in packaging fluent products. Claims 1, 4, 11, 14, 21, 30, and 37 were allowed.

The only reference cited is the patent to Brewer et al., No. 2,339,908., issued January 25, 1944, on an application filed October 10, 1942, which application was pending concurrently in the…