Legal Opinion
In re Zeidler
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided June 24, 1982No. Appeal No. 81-555PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board) sustaining the examiner’s rejection of claims 8 and 9 in application serial No. 413,664, filed November 7, 1973, for “Trisazo Dyes,” under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We affirm the rejection of claim 9 but reverse the rejection of claim 8.
The Invention
Appellants claim two trisazo dyes. The rejected claims are:
8. The dye of the formula
9. The dye of the formula
The significant difference from the compounds of the references, according to appellants, is the presence of a sulfonamido…
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