In re Jones

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming that of the Primary Examiner rejecting all of the claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 6,1, 9,.10, 11, 15,16, 11 and 18 of an application, Serial No. 393,249, filed May 13, 1941, for a patent relating particularly to compositions derived from either 2-metliyl naphthalene or 4-methyl naphthalene, wherein certain radicals are substituted for the hydrogen atom at the 1 position of each composition.

Appellant alleges his • compounds to be new and claims they are growth regulating, insecticidal and fungicidal…