Application of William F. Wetterau

ALMOND, Judge.

William F. Wetterau appeals from the Patent Office Board of Appeals’ decision affirming the rejection of claims 1-4 in his application 1 entitled “4-Aryl-4-Car-balkoxy - 1 - (N - Aryl - Alkanoylamino-alkyl) Piperidines and Their Preparation.”

The appealed claims read as follows:

1. A composition of matter selected from the group consisting of a compound and acid-addition and alkyl, alkenyl and aralky 1 -tuater-nary-ammonium salts th said compound having the stru .1 formula

where Y represents polycarbon-lower-alkylene, Ac represents lower-alkanoyl and Ar represents…