Legal Opinion
Application of Arthur B. Steele, Jr., Edward J. Mills, Jr., and Donald G. Leis
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided July 25, 1962No. Patent Appeal 6719PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
The Steele et al. U. S. patent application Ser. No. 532,283, filed Sept. 2, 1955 relates to “Polyoxyalkylene Products” which the specification says are chemical compounds having surface active properties. The specification asserts they are “useful as detergents either alone or fortified with builders, as emulsifying agents for aromatic hydrocarbons in water, and as dispersing agents.”
The appealed claims were rejected by the examiner as “lacking invention” over the prior Jackson et al. U. S. Patent No. 2,677,700 which issued May 4, 1954. In affirming this rejection, the Board of…
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