Court of Customs and Patent Appeals April 10, 1951, Patent Appeal 5801 (Application of Williams)

O’CONNELL, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of the two product claims of appellant’s application for a patent relating to novel salts of pantothenic acid.

The appealed claims read:

“1. An alkali-forming metal salt of pantothenic acid.

“2. Physiologically active calcium pantothenate.