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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JAMES KANE
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Appeal No. 1996-2769
Application 08/270,089
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ON BRIEF
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Before JOHN D. SMITH, ELLIS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1 through 7 and 9 through 17, all the claims remaining in the application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
1. A process for the preparation of small particles size spherical phosphor particles
which comprises:
a) preparing an aqueous solution of soluble salts of a rare earth phosphor-precursor
metal in amounts required to make a phosphor and an organic chemical that releases
hydroxyl ions by hydrolysis;
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