In re Bertsch

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the primary examiner rejecting claims 1 to 8, inclusive, of appellant’s application for a patent filed May 25, 1939. No claims were allowed.. Claims 1 and 5 are illustrative of the subject matter of the claims and read as follows :

1. The sulfuric acid esters of monovalent unsaturated aliphatic alcohols containing at least 9 carbon atoms in a condition free from other sulfate and sulfonic acid groups, the sodium salts of which constitute solid water-soluble masses whose…