Legal Opinion
In re Jolly
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided February 1, 1949No. 5484PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGakrett, Chief Judge
This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office, affirming that of the Primary Examiner, rejecting all the process claims numbered respectively 3, 4, 6, 9 to 17, inclusive, 22, and 23 of appellant’s application for patent relating to' the preparation of sulfurized nitriles.' Two claims for the product stand allowed, but the process claims were rejected as being indefinite and functional in a material factor of the claim.
We here quote claims 3 and 6, italicizing in each the particular clause which caused the rejection by the tribunals of the…
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