Legal Opinion
In re May
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided April 20, 1978No. Appeal No. 77-600PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANE, Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board) sustaining the examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1-13 of application serial No. 45,55s,1 filed June 11, 1970, for “Alpha-Levo Benzo-morphan Analgesics Having Non-Addictive and Morphine Antagonistic Properties.” We affirm the rejection of claims 1 and 6, and reverse the rejection of claims 2-5 and 7-13.
BACKGROUND
The Invention
Broadly stated, the subject matter of this appeal involves a certain class of analgesic compounds, i. e., pain-relieving drugs, and the…
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