Legal Opinion
In Re Rita S. Jones, Michael T. Chirchirillo and Johnny L. Burns
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 28, 1992No. 91-1380PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Circuit Judge.
Rita S. Jones et al. (collectively Jones) appeal from the April 15, 1991 decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board), Appeal No. 90-1920, sustaining the rejection of claim 1, the only claim of application Ser. No. 07/099,279, titled “The 2-(2'-Aminoethoxy)-Ethanol Salt of Dicam-ba,” as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We conclude that the PTO has not presented a prima facie case of obviousness, and therefore reverse.
The Invention
The claimed invention is a novel salt of 2-methoxy-3,6-dichlorobenzoic acid, which acid…
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