THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
(1) was not written for publication in a law journal and
(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN C. TROCCIOLA,
CRAIG R. SCHROLL and ROGER R. LESIEUR
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Appeal No. 94-4217
Application 07/853,6631
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On BRIEF
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Before JOHN D. SMITH, GARRIS and WARREN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 from the decision
of the examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 6, all of
the claims in the application. Claim 1 is illustrative of the
claims on appeal:
1. A method of reducing to a desired minimum level the
concentration of carbon monoxide in a gaseous medium that also
contains at least hydrogen, by selective catalytic oxidation
in the presence of gaseous oxygen using a catalyst which is
capable of oxidizing carbon monoxide in an exothermic reaction
at temperatures within a given temperature range, but is
1 Application for patent filed March 19, 1992.
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