In re Barnett

The Primary Examiner of the United States Patent Office, after allowing article claims 10,13, 14, and 16 to 21, inclusive, for a patent relating to infusion packages, or more, particularly tea balls, rejected two article claims, 12 and 15, and all the method claims, 1 to 9, inclusive, and 22. The rejection of the examiner of all the claims involved in this appeal was, upon grounds hereinafter discussed, affirmed by the Board of Appeals, and the applicant has appealed here seeking a revision and reversal of the board’s decision.

During the prosecution of the case certain references were cited…