Legal Opinion

Application of Henri Moureu and Paul Chovin

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided May 20, 1965No. Patent Appeal 7247PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALMOND, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112 of all claims in appellants’ application.1

The invention and its use are described by appellants in their application as follows:

“The compounds of the present invention are the 5:5/-dinitro-2:2/-dichlorohydrobenzoins conforming to the following planar formula:

*596which have been found to possess highly useful pharmacological properties which could not have been predicted from their chemical structure. In particular, they possess substantial anti-tubercular activity. They can also…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Application of John A. Nelson and Anthony C. ShabicaCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1960
  2. Application of William L. Hartop, Jr., and Edward P. BrandesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
  3. Application of Winifred June Adams, David Neville Kirk and Vladimir PetrowCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1963
  4. Application of Arnold N. JohnsonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1960
  5. Application of NorrisCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1950

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Application of Willie Fong, Amon H. Brown, William L. Wasley, Robert E. Whitfield and Lowell A. MillerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
  2. August Urbanek and Estate of Irene Urbanek, Deceased, August Urbanek, Personal Representative v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
  3. Application of Paul Schmidt and Max WilhelmCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
  4. Application of Louise H. Brown and Ronald SwidlerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1969
  5. Application of Louise H. Brown and Ronald SwidlerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1969

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