Court of Customs and Patent Appeals June 13, 1968, Patent Appeal 7966 (Application of Floyd L. Beman)

WORLEY, Chief Judge.

Beman appeals from the decision of the Board of Appeals which affirmed the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-6 and 8-10

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as unpatentable over the prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 103.

The invention relates to a method of producing salicylic acid and its alkali metal salts, as reflected in claim 1:

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