Legal Opinion
In re Bayer
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided February 2, 1978No. Appeal No. 77-570PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board), adhered to on reconsideration, affirming the rejection of claims 6, 8, 11-13, 20-25, and 28-37 of appellant’s application serial No. 291,484, filed September 22, 1972, for “Transition MetalNaphthyridine Chemical Complexes.”1 We reverse.
Proceedings in the PTO2
The sole reference relied upon by the examiner and the board is appellant’s thesis entitled “Coordination Complexes of 2-me-thyl-5-hydroxy-l,8-naphthyridine,” to which reference is made in the present application. The thesis…
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