Legal Opinion
Application of Roland Ralph Dileone and Howard Robert Lucas
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided February 11, 1971No. Patent Appeal 8402PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANE, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, which affirmed the rejection of claims 1-9, 13 and 17 in appellants’ application serial No. 392,635, filed August 27, 1964, for “Polymeric Material and Process of Preparing the Same.”
The invention is a new and unobvious class of polyimides useful in making molded articles and also useful as coating or self-supporting films. Claim 1 is illustrative for framing the issues before us:
1. A polyimide of (1) a diamine, (2) 3,4-dicarboxy-l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthalenesuccinic dianhydride and (3) a different…
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