Legal Opinion
Application of Ernst Bartholome, Erwin Lehrer and Friedrich Wilhelm Schierwater
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided December 7, 1967No. Patent Appeal 7812PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from a decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals,1 adhered *1020to on reconsideration, affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 3 and 4 in application serial No. 95,678, filed March 14, 1961, entitled “Production of Acetylene by Thermal Cracking of Hydrocarbons.” No claim has been allowed.
The invention is an improvement in the method of cooling the acetylene product of a thermal cracking process. In such a process, the rapid cooling of the reaction gases is an important step. Rapid cooling is essential to prevent the loss of acetylene and to limit the production…
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