District Court, District of Columbia May 3, 1920, No. 1295 (In re Smithey)

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents rejecting three claims, of which the third will serve as an example:

“3. An apparatus substantially as described, comprising a casing, odometers for indicating the results accomplished, said odometers being automatically operated in securing such results, and a manually operated and controlled register or registers for