Legal Opinion

In re Albrecht

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided June 15, 1978No. Appeal No. 78-509PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board) affirming the rejection of claims 1 -8 and 10-20 in the application of William L. Albrecht and Robert W. Fleming, serial No. 300,765, filed October 25, 1972, for “Bis-Basic Ketones of Dibenzo-thiophene,” under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious from the combined teachings of Whaley et al. (Whaley) and Anderson. We affirm.

Appellants have discovered that certain allegedly novel dibasic ketone derivatives of dibenzothiophene have antiviral activity, and this property is alleged to have been…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In re BayerCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1978
  2. In re MayCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1978
  3. In re WilderCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1977
  4. In re AlbrechtCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1975
  5. Application of Vannevar BushCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1961

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  5. Patrick R. Driscoll v. Tony Cebalo and Robert A. Walde v. Karl Hoegerle, Hans Cellarius, Paul Rathgeb, and Jurg Rumpf, Tony Cebalo and Robert A. Walde v. Patrick R. Driscoll v. Carl Metzger, Ludwig Eue, and Helmuth HackCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984

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