APPLICATION OF HAYES

Patent Appeals No. 5649.

178 F.2d 940 (1949)

Application of HAYES.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

December 12, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Morris, New York City (Gardner J. O'Boyle, Washington, D. C., and Curtis, Morris & Safford, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

E. L. Reynolds, Washington, D. C., for Commissioner of Patents.

Before GARRETT, Chief Judge, and JACKSON, O'CONNELL, and JOHNSON, Associate Judges.


JOHNSON, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of Hayes' reissue application on the ground of laches, and the rejection of claim 30 on prior art.

Appellant was issued Patent 2,298,481, October 13, 1942, on an application filed June 30, 1939. Twenty-one claims were allowed. The invention consists of a sturdy fishing reel designed to meet the heavy strains...

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