Patent Appeal No. 4577. February 24, 1942. Appeal from the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office, Serial No. 122,076. Proceeding in the matter of the application of Martin Gunther for a patent. From a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming a decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting certain claims, the applicant appeals. Affirmed. C.P. Goepel, of New York City (Theodore A. Hostetler, of Washington, D.C., of counsel), for appellant. W.W. Cochran
(a) PATENT APPLICANT.-An applicant for a patent, any of whose claims has been twice rejected, may appeal from the decision of the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. (b) PATENT OWNER.-A patent owner in a reexamination may appeal from the final rejection of any claim by the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. 35 U.S.C. § 134 July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 801; Pub. L. 98-622