In re Kleine

All the claims of appellants’ application for a patent relating to a method of spinning viscose silk were rejected by the Primary Examiner of the United States Patent Office, in view of the prior art, which rejection, upon appeal, was affirmed by the Board of Appeals.

Before the board, appellants requested a reconsideration of its decision, and the same being granted, a second decision was, by it, *1217rendered. For the purposes of appeal, appellants were permitted to make certain changes in their claims, which changes were not regarded as being of sufficient importance to justify the allowance of…