APPLICATION OF WOODDY

Patent Appeal No. 7203.

331 F.2d 636 (1964)

Application of Lemuel D. WOODDY, Jr., and William D. Moore.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

May 14, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Troidl, Houston, Tex., for appellants.

Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D. C. (Joseph Schimmel, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, MARTIN, SMITH and ALMOND, Judges.


ALMOND, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals which held appellants' claims unpatentable because of a defective disclosure in the patent application.1 The board found the disclosure both insufficient under 35 U.S.C. § 112 and apparently inoperative.

The invention relates to a method for creating a large cavern within a subterranean salt formation. The cavern may subsequently be used for storing...

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