In re Miller

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 as unpatentable over the prior art claims 22, 23, and 24 in appellant’s application for a patent for an alleged improvement in the method of making laps. Claim 15, drawn to method, was allowed by the examiner.

The references are—

Miller, Re. 134, April 24,1849.

Henry, 16,117, November 25,1856.

*911Yan Winkle, 299,297, May 27, 1884.

Archer, 371,918, October 25,1887.

Kitson, 374,899, December 13, 1887.

Crooker, 418,111, December 24, 1889.

Williams et al.,…