In re Herthel

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 rejecting claims 2, 3, 7, and 8 in appellant’s application for a patent for an alleged invention directed to a process for the animation of olefines by direct reaction between olefine and ammonia. No •claims were allowed.

Claim 2 is representative of the appealed claims. It reads—

*10962. In the amination of olefines wherein an olefine and ammonia are reacted at an elevated temperature and pressure on the order of about 1000-3000 pounds per square inch in the…