In Re Saunders

O’CONNELL, Associate Judge.

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 claims 7 to 12 inclusive in appellants’ application for a patent for a method of and pellet for administering gonadotropic pituitary hormones. The claims, which relate to the method of administering the hormones, were rejected not only as lacking invention over the prior art hut also “as being for an unpatentable method in view of the Brinkerhoff decision cited by the examiner.” Claims 1 to 6, drawn to the pellet, were…