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APPLICATION OF SEBEK

Patent Appeal No. 8631.

465 F.2d 904 (1972)

Application of Oldrich K. SEBEK.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

August 31, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roman Saliwanchik, Kalamazoo, Mich., attorney of record, for appellant; John Kekich, Kalamazoo, Mich., of counsel.

S. Wm. Cochran, Washington, D. C., for the Commissioner of Patents; Jack E. Armore, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, ALMOND, BALDWIN, and LANE, Judges.

LANE, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals sustaining the examiner's rejection of claims 1-3 of appellant's application1 on the ground of obviousness (35 U.S.C. § 103) over certain prior art. We reverse.

The invention is in the field of chemical synthesis of beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A. It had previously been known that beta-carotene could be...

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