Legal Opinion
Application of Louise H. Brown and Ronald Swidler
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided February 20, 1969No. Patent Appeal 8075PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Judge.
This appeal is from the Patent Office Board of Appeals decision affirming the rejection of claims 1, 3-12, 20-22, 25, and 26 of appellants’ application 1 *under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Schirm 2 in view of Perkins. 3
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the alkylation of phenol by heating the phenol and oleic acid or derivatives thereof in the presence of an acid-activated clay catalyst. Although optimum alkylation requires that the reaction be carried out in the presence of water and also a phenol-to-oleic-acid or -derivative molar ratio of 2:1, satisfactory…
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