In re Coker

Baldwin, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, adhered to on reconsideration, sustaining the rejection of claims 1-3 of appellants’ application1 under 35 USC 102(a). Appeal of the board’s decision as to two other claims has been abandoned by appellants.

The Invention

The claims are drawn to (1-aziridinyl) alkyl esters of polycar-boxylic acids, which appellants disclose as being useful as inhibitors which retard the reaction of aluminum with various degreasing solvents, and as curing agents for acid terminated polymers. Appellants’ compounds are prepared…