Application of Frederick K. Kirchner

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the affirmance of the rejection of claims 1, 5, 7, 9 and 13 of appellant’s patent application Ser. No. 581,356, filed April 30, 1956, for chemical compounds of the class N,N'Bis (di-lower-alkylamino-lower-alkyl) diearboxylic acid amides. Certain claims have been allowed. The appealed claims all describe compounds per se, with no reference to their use. It is unnecessary to consider either the technical details of the compounds or the differences between the claims, which all stand or fall together according to the decision of a question of law.

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