Application of Morris Mindick and Lewis E. Reven

SMITH, Judge

(concurring).

The record shows that the Board of Appeals here consisted of an examiner-in-chief and two acting examiners-in-chief. Appellants do not challenge the legality of that board. For the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in In re Wiechert, 370 F.2d 927, 54 CCPA -, the decision of such a board in my view is a legal nullity. However, I must accept the majority’s view on this issue in the Wiechert case, i.e., the legality of the board is not an issue here. I therefore participate in the merits of this appeal and in so doing, agree with the conclusion of the majority.