IN RE McLEAN

Patent Appeal No. 3743.

87 F.2d 508 (1937)

In re McLEAN et al.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

February 8, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis S. Middleton, of New York City, and Walter M. O'Brien, of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

R. F. Whitehead, of Washington, D. C. (Howard S. Miller, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for the Commissioner of Patents.

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


LENROOT, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office, affirming a decision of the examiner, rejecting claims 18, 19, 20, and 22 of appellants' application. Certain claims were allowed.

Claim 18 is illustrative and reads as follows: "18. A method of washing fruit and the like to remove spray materials from the surface thereof which includes applying to the fruit a solution containing a small...

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