In re Horney

All four of the claims, Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5, in appellant’s application for a patent relating to a process for the production of cyclopropane-were rejected by the Primary Examiner of the United States Patent Office and the examiner’s decision was affirmed by the Board of Appeals. From the board’s decision appellant appeals here.

Claim 1 is a generic claim and reads as follows:

1. The method of making hydrocarbons-, having the general formula OnH2n-which includes the steps of treating a substituted alkane containing three or more carbon atoms and two different halogens selected from the group…