Legal Opinion
In re Greenfield
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 16, 1978No. Appeal No. 77-632PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Board of Appeals (“board”) sustaining the examiner’s rejection of claims 6, 7, and 9 of application serial No. 389,745, filed August 20, 1973, for “Formaldehyde Stabilized Coating Compositions.” We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The Invention
The claimed subject matter is directed to a paint composition comprising an acrylic polymer in a water carrier containing a 3-isothiazolone as a mildewcide and formaldehyde as a stabilizer for the 3-isothiazo-lone, which composition has been neutralized to a pH of 6.0 to 9.2…
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