In re Novak

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 2, 6, 23, 25, 32, 33 and 35 of appellants’ application for a patent on “Carboxymethyl Dextranates of Organic Bases and Method for Making Them.” Certain other claims were “withdrawn from further consideration under Rule 142(b), as not being readable on the elected species” and are not before us. No claims have been allowed.

The following claims are illustrative:

1. A carboxymethyl dextranate of an organic base resulting from neutralization of the base by…