APPLICATION OF CORNEIL

Patent Appeal No. 7295.

347 F.2d 563 (1965)

Application of Hampton G. CORNEIL and Andrew D. Suttle, Jr.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D. C. (Raymond E. Martin, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents.

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


WORLEY, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the rejection of all the claims, 1 through 20, of appellants' application Serial No. 735,581, filed May 15, 1958, for "Nuclear Energy Utilization."

The application relates to a method which includes detonating a nuclear device of the fission or fusion type in a cavern in a salt formation located below the earth's surface, utilizing the energy released thereby to heat water in the

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