Application of Schechter

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the action of the Primary Examiner in finally rejecting claims 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 46, 47 and 48 of appellants’ application, serial No. 75,282, for a patent on "Synthesis of 4-Hydroxy-2-Cyclopenten-l-Ones.” All appealed claims are product claims. Twelve method claims and one product claim, claim 18, were allowed by the examiner.

Claims 19, 20, 21 and 23 have been rejected as drawn to non-elected species and that rejection is not challenged by appellants. Accordingly, those…