In Re Milton E. Herr

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the Primary Examiner’s rejection of all three claims in appellant’s application for patent. 1 No claims were allowed.

Claim 1 is representative and reads:

1. 9(ll)-dehydro-17-alkyltestosterones represented by the following formula

wherein R' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and the acyl radical of a hydrocarbon carboxylic acid containing from one to twelve carbon atoms, inclusive, and wherein R is a lower-alkyl group containing less than three carbon atoms; and the 3-pyrrolidyl enamines thereof.

The single…