In the Matter of the Application of Thomas A. Krivanek and Roy T. Krivanek

WORLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the examiner of all claims, 1 to 4, inclusive, involved in appellants’ application for a patent for a “Curette.”

Claims 1 and 2 are illustrative and read:

“1. A surgical appliance comprising an elongated body structure, a flexible filiform snare loop carried by one end of the body structure, and a magnet structure carried by the other end of the body structure with a smooth surface portion of the magnet structure exposed, the said body structure being of a…