IN RE WHITAKER

Patent Appeal No. 2624.

47 F.2d 386 (1931)

In re WHITAKER.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

February 25, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steward & McKay, of Washington, D. C. (Clarence O. McKay and Melvin W. Sandmeyer, both of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellant.

T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C., for the Commissioner of Patents.

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


GARRETT, Associate Judge.

Appellant seeks patent for alleged new and useful improvements in fillers for pipe joints, and has appealed to this court from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the Patent Office affirming the action of the examiner denying same.

The claims, three in number, read as follows:

"5. A filler for sealing pipe and similar joints adapted to be placed as a preformed element in the pipe or similar joint, said element comprising...

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