APPLICATION OF MELIN

Patent Appeal No. 8303.

422 F.2d 1364 (1970)

Application of Thomas N. MELIN.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

March 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden A. Carney, Christie, Parker & Hale, Pasadena, Cal., John A. Finken, Wynne & Finken, Washington, D. C., attys. of record for appellant.

Joseph Schimmel, Washington, D. C., for the Commissioner of Patents. Fred W. Sherling, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, ALMOND, BALDWIN and LANE, Judges.


ALMOND, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner's rejection over prior art under 35 USC § 103 of claim 4 in appellant's application for "Load Handling in Fork-Lift Trucks."1

The invention is best illustrated in Fig. 2 of the application:

Claim 4, with reference numerals from the drawing inserted for explanatory purposes, reads as follows:

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