Application of Maurice Soulal

MARTIN, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 10, 12 and 17 of appellant’s application serial No. 715,498, filed February 16, 1958 for “Production of N-Substituted 2-Hydroxymethyl Pyrrolidines.” No claim has been allowed.

The appealed claims read:

“10. A process for the preparation of N-methylprolinol which comprises reacting 2:5-dibromoamyl acetate with methylamine.”

“12. A process for the preparation of N-substituted prolinols which comprises reacting a carboxylic acid ester, whereof the carboxylic acid is…