IN RE BOTH

Patent Appeal No. 2557.

46 F.2d 362 (1931)

In re BOTH.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

January 21, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleon J. Sawyer and James J. Kennedy, both of New York City, for appellant.

T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C. (Howard S. Miller, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents.

Before GRAHAM, Presiding Judge, and BLAND, HATFIELD, GARRETT, and LENROOT, Associate Judges.


GRAHAM, Presiding Judge.

Appellant filed his application for a patent on an improved wall electric receptacle or outlet box. The Examiner rejected claims 20 to 36, inclusive. His decision was affirmed by the Board of Appeals, which took occasion to comment unfavorably on the multiplicity of claims filed by the applicant. The appellant, conceding that there was some merit in this comment, thereupon abandoned a part of his claims, and appealed to this court upon claims...

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