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Application of Max O. Robeson

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided May 14, 1964No. Patent Appeal 7094PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WORLEY, Chief Judge.

Robeson appeals from the board’s af-firmance of the rejection of claims 2 to 31, all the claims of his application 1 for a patent on a chemical process.

The invention relates to the production of trimethylolpropane, hereafter TMP, and its recovery from the reacted mixture. In that process formaldehyde is reacted with butyraldehyde in the presence of sodium hydroxide. Sodium formate is produced as a by-product.

The claims may conveniently be divided into three groups. Claim 8, representative of claims drawn to a process for the production of TMP, reads:

"8. Process for the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Singer Manufacturing Co. v. June Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Miller v. Eagle Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Grant v. RaymondSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
  4. Underwood v. GerberSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. In re SiuCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1955

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3Cited by70 opinions

  1. In Re Paolo LongiCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
  2. Quad Environmental Technologies Corporation v. Union Sanitary District, and A.P.T., Inc., a California Corp. D/B/A Calvert Environmental, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
  3. Application of Saul KayeCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1964
  4. Application of David G. BraithwaiteCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
  5. Application of Albert Bowers and James C. OrrCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1966

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