Legal Opinion

Application of Hampton G. Corneil and Andrew D. Suttle, Jr

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided October 12, 1965No. Patent Appeal 7284PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WORLEY, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the Board of Appeals’ affirmance of the examiner’s rejection of claims 4 through 15, the only re*558maining claims of appellants’ application, serial No. 728,056, for “Isotope Production,” filed March 21, 1958.

The invention relates to a method for the production and recovery of radioactive isotopes through detonation of a nuclear device of the fission or fusion type in a suitable geological formation. The device is composed of at least a critical amount of neutron target material and is detonated “to provide for a substantially instantaneous liberation of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

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