Court of Customs and Patent Appeals March 13, 1963, Patent Appeal 6867 (Application of Ralph W. Yocum)

WORLEY, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United. States Patent Office affirming the Primary Examiner’s rejection of claims 1 through 10, all of the claims in appellant’s application for a patent for Tapered End Stud.

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Claims 1 and 8 are representative and read:

“1.