In Re Heritage

JA.CKSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of claims 1, 2, 3, 6 to 12, inclusive, and 14, of a patent applica tion, serial No. 457,830, filed September 10, .1942, for “Production of Hot-Bonded Fiber Felts,” as unpatentable over prior art.

The Primary Examiner rejected the claims for want of invention over a Weiss patent, No. 1,336,402, dated April 6, 1920, in view of another Weiss patent, No. 1,-461,337, dated July 10, 1923.

The Board of- Appeals disagreed with the decision of the…