APPLICATION OF MOTT

Patent Appeal No. 77-510.

557 F.2d 266 (1977)

Application of James D. MOTT.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

June 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Dodge, II, Charles W. Hanor, Houston, Tex. (Pravel, Wilson & Gambrell, Houston, Tex.), attorneys of record, for appellant.

Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D. C., for the Commissioner of Patents; John W. Dewhirst, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, BALDWIN, LANE and MILLER, Associate Judges.


RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board) affirming the rejection of claims 28-30 of appellant's application serial No. 212,260, filed December 27, 1971, for "Drilling Tool." We reverse.1

The Invention

The invention is described as an "inside blowout preventer tool." It is used in drilling oil wells, is adapted for connection in...

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