APPLICATION OF HAMMELL

Patent Appeal No. 7235.

337 F.2d 654 (1964)

Application of Kemper M. HAMMELL.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

November 5, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Hintze, Harrisburg, Pa. (Truman S. Safford, Curtis, Morris & Safford, New York City, Marshall M. Holcombe, AMP Inc., Harrisburg, Pa., of counsel), for appellant.

Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D. C., (Fred W. Sherling, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents.

Before RICH, Acting Chief Judge, MARTIN, SMITH, and ALMOND, Judges, and Judge WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK.


SMITH, Judge.

This appeal requires us to determine whether appellant's method, as defined in appealed claims 6 and 9 of his patent application, Serial No. 490,862, filed February 28, 1955, entitled "Methods and Tools for Making Connections," would have been obvious under the conditions stated in 35 U.S.C. § 103.

The specification indicates that the disclosed method and tools are designed for use with tapered electrical connectors. One such connector,...

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