In re Pinkerton

Hatfield, Judge,

delivered tlie opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting the claims (Nos. 1 and 2) in appellant’s application for a patent for an alleged invention relating to the production of motor fuel by “the alkylation of butylenes with isobutane in the presence of” a catalyst, such as sulphuric acid.

The appealed claims read:

1. In the production of motor fuel by the alkylation of butylenes with isobutane in the presence of strong sulfuric acid with intimate…