Legal Opinion
In Re Charles v. Hedges and Victor Mark
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 12, 1986No. Appeal 85-2524PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (Board), affirming the rejection of claims 8, 9, and 10 of United States patent application Serial No. 301,396 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103, is reversed.
OPINION
This patent application of Charles V. Hedges and Victor Mark (collectively Hedges or applicant) is for a “Process for Pre paring Aryl Sulfone Sulfonic Acids”. Claim 8 is representative:
8. A process for sulfonating diphenyl sulfone which comprises contacting diphenyl sulfone in its molten state with a sulfonating…
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