Application of Thomas L. Jacobs and Ronald S. Bauer

MARTIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 2 and 6 of appellants’ application Ser. No. 671,131, filed July 11, 1957 for PERFLUOROALLENE.

The nature of appellants’ invention is evident from a consideration of the appealed claims which are:.

“2. Perfluoroallene having a boiling point at -38°C. and characterized by a strong infrared band at 2065 cm- 1 .

“6. Normally solid polyperfluoroallene having an infrared band at 1715 cm-1 and having the repeating unit (-C-CF2-).”

CF2

Claims 3, 4 and 5, drawn to a process…