In re Gillett

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming that of the Primary Examiner rejecting in view of the prior art all of the claims, 14 to 17 inclusive and 19 and 20, of an application for a patent for an alleged new and useful improvement in “Low Alloy, High Tensile Steel and Method of Making Same.” The involved claims are article claims, of which claim 14 is illustrative:

14. A high tensile, low alloy steel comprising essentially carbon .05 to .20%, manganese .08 to 1.30%, phosphorus .085 to .15%, silicon from a trace to .08%, the balance…