APPLICATION OF THORNHILL

Patent Appeal No. 6815.

305 F.2d 463 (1962)

Application of Homer E. THORNHILL.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

July 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Browning, Simms, Hyer & Eickenroht, Ralph R. Browning, Houston, Tex. (Fred L. Witherspoon, Jr., Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellant.

Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D. C. (George C. Roeming, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for the Commissioner of Patents.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH and SMITH, Judges, and Judge WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK.


RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 16 and 17 in application Ser. No. 593,636, filed June 25, 1956, entitled "Thread System." Claims 11, 13 and 15 were allowed by the board.

Appellant's invention is directed to a tapered threaded joint composed of male and female threaded members having the same tapers and the same thread standards so as to fit closely together. The primary object...

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