Application of Charles E. Inman

O’CONNELL, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of claims 9, 10, 15, and 16 of appellant’s application No. 136,388 for a patent on a chlorinated hydrocarbon product on the grounds (1) as lacking invention over the cited prior art, and (2) failure to differentiate patentably from the claims of appellant’s co-pending application No. 136,389, which is now before this court in companion appeal No. 6162, 228 F.2d 229.

Appellant requested reconsideration of the board’s pertinent…