Application of Alan J. Lemin

RICH, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals,1 adhered to on reconsideration, affirming the examiner’s rejection of process claims 3-5 and composition claims 6-10 in application serial No. 32,518, filed May 31, 1960, for “Organic Compounds and Process.”

The invention is directed to a new use of an old compound and its position isomer. Appellant has found that a-ethynyl1-naphthalenemethanol and a-ethynyl-2-naphthalenemethanol are active against plant pathogenic fungi and that, when applied to seeds or to the soil in which the seeds are planted,…