In re Cremer

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office, affirming that of the Primary Examiner rejecting six claims numbered respectively 1, 10, 13, 18, 19, and 25, embraced in appellants’ application for patent, serial No. 469,436, for both a method and an apparatus for testing rubber articles and other articles made of insulating material, such as rubber sheath prophylactics, to ascertain whether such articles have minute holes too small to be seen.

Ten claims stand allowed, all being apparatus claims. Of the appealed claims only claim 10 is directed…