Note 2 — (B) PRINCIPLES OF THE NEW CLASSIFICATION OF THE PATENT OFFICE.
Reading edition
A "use" is an application of a means to substance to produce an effect which may or may not be the necessary effect of the means in its normal operation. A catalytic may be used to ignite gas or to convert oleins into stearines. An ice pick may be used to hold a chalk line or prick holes in leather, etc.