Patent Appeal No. 7312. May 20, 1965. John A. Blair, Detroit, Mich., C. Willard Hayes, Washington, D.C., Everett R. Casey, Detroit, Mich., for appellant. Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D.C., (S. Wm. Cochran, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents. Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, MARTIN, SMITH and ALMOND, Judges. SMITH, Judge. Claims 1-16 of appellant's application stand rejected, and the threshold question is, on what ground? Neither the examiner nor the Board of Appeals
The President shall receive in full for his services during the term for which he shall have been elected compensation in the aggregate amount of $400,000 a year, to be paid monthly, and in addition an expense allowance of $50,000 to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the discharge of his official duties. Any unused amount of such expense allowance shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States Code. No amount of such expense allowance shall