In re Ellis

BALDWIN, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, sustaining the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-5, all the claims in appellant’s application.1

The Invention

The claimed invention relates to floor gratings, and can be sufficiently understood from a reading of claim 1 with reference to appellant’s Figure 3:

1. A floor grating, comprising: a plurality of main support members [12], a plurality of secondary support bars [16] supported by said members and extending in fixed parallel spaced relation therebetween,

a plurality of closely spaced wire rod members [18]…