Application of Jean Maurice Gazave

WORLEY, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of process claims 1-9 and composition claims 10-13 1 for “lack of proof of therapeutic utility.”

The application discloses therapeutic compositions containing certain isofla-vone compounds of the formula where

R1 may be a hydroxyl (-OH) or an alkoxy group; R2 may be hydrogen or hydroxyl; R3 may represent hydrogen, or a carboxyl radical (-COOH) which may be free, esterified or in salt form.

As to the manner in which those compounds are useful, the specification states:

* * * The chief…