No. 73-833. April 15, 1974. C. C. P. A. (Pat.) Certiorari denied. Reported below: 482 F. 2d 1385.
Patent Appeal No. 9139. August 30, 1973. Henry M. Bissell (Bissell Dalgarn), Los Angeles, Cal., Donald D. Jeffery, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant. S. Wm. Cochran, Washington, D.C., for the Commissioner of Patents. Jere W. Sears, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Appeal from the Patent Office Board of Appeals. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, BALDWIN, LANE, Judges, and ALMOND, Senior Judge. MARKEY, Chief Judge. This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims
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