Legal Opinion
Application of Marcella Ferens
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided November 20, 1969No. Patent Appeal 8177PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Judge.
This appeal is from a decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals which affirmed the examiner’s rejections of process claims 1-7 and composition claims 8-10 1 “as failing to comply with the utility requirement of 35 U.S.C. 101” and on grounds of res judicata.
The invention relates to a method and composition said to be capable of producing “new growth of hair on denuded portions of the human body, particularly the scalp.” The details of the method and composition employed are best illustrated in Example 1 of the specification:
* * * I treated a substantially denuded male scalp…
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- Application of Wesley Gale IronsCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1965
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3Cited by6 opinions
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