Application of Harold W. Adams

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 11-15 of application serial No. 81,082, filed January 6, 1961, for “Heat Transfer Method.” No claims have been allowed. The sole issue is the obviousness of the invention under 35 U.S.C. § 103.

The invention is exemplified by reference to the cooling of cans of food as they emerge in a continuous stream from a cooker in which the food has been cooked in sealed cylindrical cans. Cooling takes place in apparatus upon which appellant has improved, the basic machine being described…