In re Wagner

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of "the United States Patent Office, affirming that of the examiner, rejecting, for want of invention over the prior1 art, claims 18, 19, 21, and 22 of appellant’s application for patent; claims 3 to 11, inclusive, 17, 20, 23, and 24 were allowed by the examiner. Claim 18 is illustrative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:

18. In blowpipe apparatus, the combination of blowpipe supporting means, mechanism for effecting relative movement of said supporting means and the *986work operated upon, and blowpipe means mounted on said…