In re Prutton

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of all the claims, 1 to 26, inclusive, 29 to 51, inclusive, and 53 to 58, inclusive, in appellant’s application for a patent for new and useful improvements in “Lubricant Improving Agent And Lubricant Containing Same.” Claims 5-13,19-24,26, 31-33,38-42,44-47, 49-51,' and 55-58 were rejected as not reading on the elected species. The remaining claims were rejected as lacking invention over the prior art.

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