Legal Opinion

In re Jolles

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided July 31, 1980No. Appeal No. 80-510PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BALDWIN, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals (board) affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 7-14, 16, 27-34 and 361 under 35 U.S.C. § 1012 and 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph,3 for lack of proof of utility. We reverse.

Background

Composition claims 7-14 and 16 encompass certain pharmaceutical compositions *1323useful for the treatment of acute myeloblastic leukemia which comprise certain naphthacene derivatives. Method claims 27-34 and 36 encompass methods for the treatment of acute myeloblastic leukemia in a human patient by…

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