Legal Opinion
In re Mancy
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 27, 1974No. Patent Appeal No. 74-507PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 1-5 of appellants’ application serial No. 877,511, filed November 17, 1969, for a “Process for the Preparation of Daunorubicin.” We reverse.
The Invention
Appellants claim a process for producing the antibiotic daunorubicin by aerobically cultivating the microorganism Streptomyces bifurcus, strain DS 23,219 (NRRL 3539). This strain is new to the art in that it is not shown by any of the references and was found in and isolated by appellants from a soil sample taken from the…
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