Legal Opinion
In re Yates
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided November 5, 1981No. Appeal No. 81-557PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Board of Appeals (“board”), sustaining the examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection of claims 1-33 1 as obvious from Okada et al. (“Okada”).2 We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The Invention
Appellant claims a process for oxidizing an olefin to an unsaturated aldehyde. A gaseous mixture of olefin and molecular oxygen is contacted with a catalyst of specified composition at an elevated temperature to convert from'25 to 80% of the olefin to product, maintaining the unsaturated acid content of the product at less than 2% of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re AllerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1955
- In re AntonieCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1977
- In re GoodwinCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1978
- Application of Giorgio G. SoliCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1963
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