Appeal No. 94-2033
Application No. 07/982,141
containing Raney cobalt catalyst, among many known hydrogenation
catalysts, to hydrogenate aromatic nitro compounds contaminated
with sulfur. Compare In re Sponnoble, 405 F.2d 578, 585, 160
USPQ 237, 243 (CCPA 1969) (A patentable invention may lie in the
discovery of the source of a problem even though the remedy may
be obvious once the source of the problem is identified.)
The examiner's decision is reversed.
REVERSED
SHERMAN D. WINTERS )
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WILLIAM F. SMITH ) BOARD OF PATENT
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BRADLEY R. GARRIS )
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