Application of Cox

WORLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the-Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming that of the Primary Examiner in finally rejecting claims 1 to-10, inclusive, and claims 12 to 15, inclusive, in appellant’s application for a patent “For Process of Producing Pentaerythritol.” Claim 11 was allowed by the examiner.

Claim 1 is sufficiently illustrative of the-appealed claims. It reads as follows:

“1. The process for producing pen-taerythritol which comprises condensing acetaldehyde with formaldehyde in an aqueous medium in the presence of an alkaline catalyst to…