In the Matter of the Application of Sylvan O. Greenlee

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the action of the Primary Examiner in finally rejecting, on the ground of double patenting, claims 1, 2, and 9 of appellant’s application for a patent on an epoxide resin composition containing a latent curing catalyst. The board reversed the examiner and allowed claims 7, 8, 10, and 11.

The invention relates to a composition comprising epoxide resins and a delayed action catalyst, the latter consisting of a “complex of boron trifluoride and any of a wide variety of nitrogen…