Legal Opinion

Application of Janis Robins

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided August 13, 1970No. Patent Appeal 8313PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICH, Judge.

This appeal-is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals 1 affirming the rejection of claims 19-28 of application serial No. 199,644, filed June 4, 1962, entitled “Urethane Elastomers.”

The claims on appeal are directed to a process for producing solid, non-eellular urethane polymers and to the resulting product. Appellant has discovered that “ionizable, halogen-free monoorgano mercuric compounds” are especially useful for catalyzing reactions between compounds having at last one reactive iso cyanate group (— NCO) and compounds having at least one reactive hydroxyl…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Application of Walter L. Borkowski and John J. Van VenrooyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1970
  2. Application of Oskar Sus and Werner SchaeferCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1962
  3. Application of Lynn B. Wakefield and Frederick C. FosterCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1970
  4. Application of John Nicholson Gardner, Anthony Maitland Roe and George Lawrence WilleyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1970
  5. Application of Alexander R. SurreyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1966

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3Cited by21 opinions

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  4. Application of Robert E. Moore and Edward J. JanoskiCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1971
  5. Application of Carl F. Swinehart and Marko SfiligojCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1971

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