Application of George v. Eltgroth

ALMOND, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 1-15, all the claims in appellant’s application entitled “Method for Influencing Organisms.” 1

The invention relates to the control of growth, aging and degeneration in living organisms, particularly to appellant’s alleged discovery of what appears to be a key for the solution of the problems associated with these life processes. Appellant states in his specification that, while he is convinced that the factors crucial to the aging process are not amenable to chemical…