In Re Jones

HATFIELD, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11 in appellant’s application for a patent for an invention relating to a composition of matter.

Claims 1, 2, 6, 7, and 11 are representative of the appealed claims. They read:

“1. The substance selected from the group consisting of tetralyl-6-acetonitrile, tetralyl-6-acetic acid, the lower esters and alkali metal salts of said acid, tetralyl-6-acetamide, tetraIyI-6-methyI thiocyanate and…