Application of Everett F. Gustafson

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 1-8 of application serial No. 810,432, filed May 1, 1959, for Device for Storing and Displaying Cards. No claims are allowed.

This is an unusual case. The examiner cited no prior art references. He rejected all claims as “aggregative.” The board, after considering at length appellant’s arguments based on alleged claim limitations, affirmed this rejection “on the basis of the scope of the claims.” At the very end of its opinion it appended a footnote noting that the examiner had…