Application of Herbert C. Murray and Durey H. Peterson

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-6 of appellants’ application Serial No. 355,-152, filed May 14, 1953 for Steroid Compounds.

All of the claims are directed to new chemical compounds, claim 2 reading:

“11 «-Hydroxy-16,17-oxidoprogester-one.”

Claims 3-6 are directed to the esters of this compound and claim 1 is a generic claim displaying the structural formula basic to all of the claimed compounds, wherein the radical “RO-” is shown as an 11 -alpha substituent, the claim stating that “R is selected…