APPLICATION OF SCOTT

Patent Appeals No. 5551.

172 F.2d 743 (1949)

Application of SCOTT et al.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

February 1, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Semmes, Keegin, Beale & Semmes, of Washington, D. C. (Harry H. Semmes and Lee M. Robinson, both of Washington, D. C., and Curtis M. Clark, of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

W. W. Cochran, of Washington, D. C. (E. L. Reynolds, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents.

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


HATFIELD, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting all of the claims in appellants' application for a patent for an alleged invention relating to a method of treating vegetables.

Claims 1 and 11 are typical of the appealed claims. They read:

"1. In the canning of vegetables the steps of washing vegetables, removing suspended impurities...

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