ALMOND, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals refusing claims in patent application Serial No. 622,837, filed November 19, 1956, for "Production of Styrene from Phenyl Methyl Carbinol."
The invention relates to a method of producing styrene. The prior art taught the dehydration of phenyl methyl carbinol with the aid of a catalyst to form styrene. The claimed invention here appealed is "the discovery that phenyl methyl carbinol can...
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